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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmsHpdZBy5
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1egIDFX18L
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYytvi1U3C
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHK9Bcjn46
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI51VJpAA0K
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfV5stJDINt
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1U1KAUy79
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What’s he talking about?694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDES8nAfAS
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wS6pvg3bt
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWvViY59ze
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXACptOGMTJ
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhFwdDB7Xh
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP97NAstie
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUdfkRl9Bj
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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.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7Sbzw4kEi
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLl0YwvJSvs
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wTzEYZOAa
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My left arm is now back to normal too.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrHTspJXyw
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1btaYEYWg
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxT4xS8SLMa
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjhfZOdO9i
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYxjHbSKJH
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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 replies694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtW6769i0CV
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t6wPh6b7A
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKgKR350bq
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppl0k2CbvS
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6wND8hcJW
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSgtfUh8dR
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXz2jUF9MG
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rN1Mcs0S6
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5au5FecQw
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1yc6CX4P6
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv5cx49VU0
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOm63ATKZlr
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rfNXkFwYP
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOAjWp9ke6
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDiakHdAdR
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMddXKl3JW1
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xETWu4oj2
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMbYw9uHHc
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCxxEyNYyK
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWe5BvWvh1
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItZ9iBVKh1
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn8mTwFxwj
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6AxUln89f
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoVPGxSmnu
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNF2V3teWPW
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdT1LNml0M
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87cj7ZzxUf
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxhB1Jpj2p
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoGpjVmdZZ
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpblgCjIFAf
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCwRLUs0o7
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBh078tFUI
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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.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStc1x5Q0vZ
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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 adds694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHo3pssMhMp
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9qDZvCLQ8
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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,694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoK9q2a0vT
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62mZyCSWN2
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMokoQdbziq
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNApkf7LmY
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1VBEN5rsk
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGYyYUr80g
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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?694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPejukrIWbE
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZG7FPtfHZ
“You think you have suffered enough?!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhf3To39m5x
“Going to leave your contracts?”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkQX3pu8Rw
“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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc12XN3zUIF
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlG7rIvDqc
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cbDT7dmKd
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5V9jqWdf2g
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0R62wH9eV
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6OnsJBYlPZ
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxK50tkgICi
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI3UQgjLKy
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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 quicker694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe47Uu0rwhS
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZo78mwcqd
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Taw75fn7r
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xVnlZ3j1X
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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 roars694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBfLUFciwD
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJAroh5DTx
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS0UpgWFdl
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bJXDM2kCv
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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.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWRJ1izMa7
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDsZUY4Kme
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbZTCzpPEG
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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?694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoR0h1YHFK
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Sil is trying to console him.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMF7NDr93He
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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 him694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ma0Nu9iWp
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8JmuQ31ex
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZOFPpxsu1
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQsDwStMGf
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm0or6ZQg3
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9q5QQZiuy
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrmX0NuQQ3
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkg4a1gVr3
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tbh8iJ3SA
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RLLkubVUk
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnL8ulQXqf
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSv5Z3aH5e3
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“What?” I whisper to myself.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx9ZPpHQWw
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiiao4BYCR
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGksBRYpzqv
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOYl9TivLX
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLzA7mZwgq
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGuFo2Dl2p
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCjnYqlYCT
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHsZ3q4BtU
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVojDK6TyAz
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I nod slowly.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaHEbmQwcq
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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 asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1dGejcs3f
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYNsfREkrJ
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXwnQDNJeS
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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 ask694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3f9cxfwEx
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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 explains694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6K85MVTl9
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmlXdpJ0EP
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6rmyPWyPu
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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 replies694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodqIpjc0Z3
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN8xSr6Q88
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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!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QilKk7SJz
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwB9RdwP0ll
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsni1myFHcR
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzRSWIj20u
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uZhnGU0Yr
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVniK3jd6C
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IBMOVcNkx
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZU1QORGSM
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLDb1f2AQ5
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsNgyZS0kX
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieKbijZWD1
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgveRk1BZ2d
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b0K3Mi4VE
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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?694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78M94S4t3Z
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWO7MR4hYU6
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgFz8z8kAW
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzdPqvanQY
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eGyTMJh78
“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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6piB5klo1i
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQVti04E1G
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDK8iDtZDR
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“My name is---” she adds694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KfaAu38eY
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“I know.” I interrupt her694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHDaMj3cGv
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwpTwffqXz
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAULyNZdZFN
“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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg2W9Bizqc
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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 ask694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFly1rtfXR
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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 giggles694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uFaCM0M5c
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsToUQKJHO0
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcURidvG2H
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHomiJsndd
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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.?694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dTZaHhpii
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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 said694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCuiwyb3Te
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bqH7yMo5L
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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…..694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8pZOnBPL4
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAFakMPE4i
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdi5Ha0hdl
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYkTAqGePb
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBae3yxtQf2
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1lroqniEQ
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCutBvfEnHE
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJQIcbRUHO
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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!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluZ3ka1wBo
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DDiAFRrO0
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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 insists694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GOTgOSm3c
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“Now you have done it HAG!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDHeV8J2ab
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSY2xUSHoLF
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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 shocked694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡran4ryFdkU
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99BKzNNclZ
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmhMSsJutl
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Everyone is shocked to694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYT0G4Hb1r
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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.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlxZWA96JC
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0UqPyxw51
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Sil notices Gloria.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqCgoNPYjG
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn1cGsUNTW
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY9tMCIe1k
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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.”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuq6cB63uQ9
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7PQ30Trv2
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58gppeMDrx
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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 asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHJ3lG2gtP
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjiuyBRYmt
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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 again694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoub3dyNxh
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSO4AWInMTR
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOlaPr3xK0
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWgUJea7DW
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAsqFDIGHz
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg9KFi0rDH
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltLAmaAypk
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75h7CLt1xU
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAffz9xYZr
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvkGvw6SdQ
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20ukYr0t3c
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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.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivgdhghyiU
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41olSzu6yP
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoU57U7scxT
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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 says694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8amkTqACiV
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOb39RwoPat
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ssBgI84mV
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4U9ZOlaozk
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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. ”694Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuPqloS1D8
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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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