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A cloaked and quick shadow jumps124Please respect copyright.PENANAWtOemQjI8F
from a dark corner to another; seconds124Please respect copyright.PENANAmqVBwA2jVr
pass and then there it is again, it is very124Please respect copyright.PENANAlP68PQ4nvp
fast, easily as fast as any of them...124Please respect copyright.PENANAW6EHEzYzsI
“Could it be?” mumbled Dhanel Marce124Please respect copyright.PENANAahoR5WC2ci
as he was the only one keeping his more124Please respect copyright.PENANAHscTMkoKw1
relaxed approach, while the rest quickly124Please respect copyright.PENANAfNGWykssQG
assumed a much more prepared stance.124Please respect copyright.PENANAdGszlt5e6v
Harigar Rhim drew his sword as fast as124Please respect copyright.PENANAiaUAxTFjZn
his eyes travelled through that dark, while124Please respect copyright.PENANAOYiXygPGlh
standing right next to him, Lorian already124Please respect copyright.PENANAPd00eVFU6c
had his weapon at the ready. Dhanel124Please respect copyright.PENANAxGKKgn5SsS
Marce did not even consider holding124Please respect copyright.PENANAJt83adCrWz
his blade once. A few more unsettling124Please respect copyright.PENANAh9ZN62LvHP
seconds of silence and then a rising flame124Please respect copyright.PENANAIcE2z7orpn
would lure them into a more open area; it124Please respect copyright.PENANAuzZ7Gk8fZn
is a most familiar flame to some of them,124Please respect copyright.PENANAaUcNgM8Amm
even if it is one not seen in quite a while.124Please respect copyright.PENANAtUfj2FHk7q
A peculiar flame, a different kind of124Please respect copyright.PENANASmeiMyXYiy
burn, an eternal fire that was hard to124Please respect copyright.PENANAurQlzT7oBt
earn but worthy to master that currently124Please respect copyright.PENANAoQvSKX3QvZ
inhabits the shapes of an also familiar124Please respect copyright.PENANAgnChl17QQr
sword. It is known as the Malaguis Fire,124Please respect copyright.PENANACjarFYu97b
for it is named after some sort of ´deity´124Please respect copyright.PENANAvgMU77E0PY
worshipped by some elder tribes in the124Please respect copyright.PENANANwsmVbPLva
eastern depths of the world. Named after124Please respect copyright.PENANAGQ0dI25Kck
such divinity for it is a fire that does not124Please respect copyright.PENANA00AqZro0BR
hurt its wielder and also never runs out.124Please respect copyright.PENANAkXduhxqMwN
Folklore maybe? Perhaps.124Please respect copyright.PENANAsq0lmRDnFA
Regardless, that red glowing stone was124Please respect copyright.PENANAAMtHHIgyYX
long ago recovered by a couple of young124Please respect copyright.PENANAvl5oWATzuJ
adventurers and once it was confined to124Please respect copyright.PENANAbkn1qL7tjv
a blade of their choosing, it allowed its124Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bglf6vKfv
wielder, after much hardship, to secure124Please respect copyright.PENANAH1GOcNnGbV
himself a great power. Now in front of124Please respect copyright.PENANAIjZkZV5820
them, waiting with his back turned, is said124Please respect copyright.PENANAaA3IvySVPG
wielder, a large and familiar man to some124Please respect copyright.PENANAWdoegswsYW
of them here, for his fire also served the124Please respect copyright.PENANAfQMahvEUyh
Hand once.124Please respect copyright.PENANAzkBBmBzsQt
With his back turned to them but in124Please respect copyright.PENANAFiNcRolFeL
an inviting manner, as if he was almost124Please respect copyright.PENANAFYJ4wtv1p1
waiting for them, as he too faces that124Please respect copyright.PENANAxLxCeeSnkj
mountain. The fire on his sword burns124Please respect copyright.PENANAxe5rdGEV1C
up one more time as if calling them once124Please respect copyright.PENANA2LjIbWgdbT
again...124Please respect copyright.PENANApaBtdjM05h
“Red...” said Deena as she slowly puts her weapon to rest. Harigar Rhim also124Please respect copyright.PENANAz27K6r0VgN
sheathed his blade but the remaining two did not. Lorian looked back at Dhanel124Please respect copyright.PENANAzGjJzwOROE
Marce, and only after this one nodded did he do the same. Celle however would stay124Please respect copyright.PENANAKG51yd19zH
armed and ready.124Please respect copyright.PENANA28pMOxUuJI
“Red…not entirely unexpected I suppose.” Dhanel Marce takes a few steps forward124Please respect copyright.PENANAKLu65QL98X
as the hooded figure gently turned around.124Please respect copyright.PENANA46xEiqzEvv
He is not wearing any mask. The fire he carries on his back diminished as he took124Please respect copyright.PENANAaMTvAwA7WN
some steps towards them. Both men met halfway, under rain and lightning, and now124Please respect copyright.PENANAWtDXjCk6Mg
fire too; they stared at each other leaving the rest in quiet contemplation. Short words124Please respect copyright.PENANAXAzzmT682c
were exchanged between them that no one else was able to hear and after that, the two124Please respect copyright.PENANArw9HrqqwtV
approached the rest of them.124Please respect copyright.PENANAim7Lug1Hcm
Greetings took place among the already familiar faces, but they were not overdone.124Please respect copyright.PENANAO7uRbuByfJ