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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyLWbPoi22
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrobUGrSra
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4qC4Bq7lS
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1nOheigsx
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxoLU19EKG
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbkLQG6CIH
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3larIXnQe6
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What’s he talking about?31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxGmn1VX94p
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQSi510gGS
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1vBuLsEhM
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01jx1xdoEE
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImXJSp3Bl2
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEN0LSMeU5W
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhs7XPPHd5
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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.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHxXamXNTL
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MnEbhJJfh
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kEb0cC13b
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My left arm is now back to normal too.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo95yrnexLO
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblZy9Ueo77
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPe5VK9JyGP
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwY3wNf9gS9
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBK5W1YDM2
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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 replies31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXs9c5D9ZgB
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1Zc5a5FHU
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacFt4HMJrl
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnImEX5nQtl
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlznADqdqSw
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb8WF2h6GG
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD9wkTGnEX
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcWhwzPQjV
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEeWYUNAG5
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4k6NReo0C
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFDMqa3s53
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw0qb1pONr
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r9F6kGZmb
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xOIvhI4NX
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDSl4vOgry
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJ48pvpj4P
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfiM0bF5ap
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RsfQfpRoC
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LGVp36LbR
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5mvAOHu2P
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HJzYRk8Jq
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFvOhueEo2
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdKNB2YgSQ
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbGLjbLY8o
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeveBDLUhCl
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1CdjHB4Kd
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡox3lDIHvRE
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZzbSr0RFy
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsaCZzjDkw
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJDuMd3jMi
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kGRU6hYjA
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfln3RvkAG
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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.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9xk22sQMH
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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 adds31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI4rWZv6jV
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOH3kk1yRF
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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,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw8zr5aKrU
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk97OmOOG7o
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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,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMmKvcynrc
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXkmAs5b2N
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rHPx7k6VS
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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?31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDK0H9DrxYl
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6haNcptbM
“You think you have suffered enough?!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomxR6hur9V
“Going to leave your contracts?”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiqMw4Di3A
“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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCNCVR0ACP
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsdMUTkUKL
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGDHS5K04H
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6Ixoz5rdS
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV1PMNI8Zi
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gjAA1EODz
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOwhbMU3so
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKOj2MbSjvp
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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 quicker31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JPeEj0ilY
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DhPnD5nh3
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcWm1uYlTC
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Pp4jgl0gH
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6Zj4008Oc
“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 roars31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7BMBN0Lou
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVfEo77MCV
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEtH1ATm6y
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV08q3WWXvu
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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.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkqozgiuZa
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjn0YA3lfAi
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwtFSmOnjh
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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?31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1qUNsKBjZ
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Sil is trying to console him.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NKrEE3yo5
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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 him31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLo6vsaEGc
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8L1xK1oZT
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGw3wKKPqt
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfIFQrtbH7
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRODFx4edCa
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaMbLCBL69
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xwJcvHUQI
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT3y9SbOac
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnLMpAXvqQ
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59AkhfjEFo
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr7qccjbyc
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthcS49WLeP
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“What?” I whisper to myself.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DeBs0fckb
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALuArJU7Cm
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCV5r16p9L
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvTQz21kD9
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQvELwyMI7
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUHdEuOh8U
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29nM29ipkA
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdC8N5onvEH
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHfu4SQ8xK
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I nod slowly.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNn7lATjUt
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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 asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSOwZaQbLt
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aEGhxVvlG
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL9UuQ9ou1
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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 ask31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffPCew1lTj
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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 explains31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6yst2btP1
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGiIKxci7Y
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGpCGwtVL4
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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 replies31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHYajrMjzZ
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NpzxfZCgp
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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!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbNQ7VSdK9
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgQp5rcQL1
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRQMN4JiTE
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWHdJ5qU4J
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyYrdLcYRQ
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OBpuJxSRw
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0vk6Ygtfl
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVYgLRbyLY
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyaPIJ8ttJ
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJhH3wm11a
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4l1AI6RJy
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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?31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEhLMygNcZ
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx87vmhCY3
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XQ6JimqHu
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdkVegpw22
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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.
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“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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfskfid3AW
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YjPlhIToA
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmR7fQUCzhp
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“My name is---” she adds31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFpdHPuftL
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“I know.” I interrupt her31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFccIT9QYt
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvLUbyUSEh
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK07mQyoBY
“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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTC6tvZRWK
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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 ask31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AQ37LBVdx
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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 giggles31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfswOhvBGv
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tOaagKL34
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVVukeP8rM
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCax4pYaJh
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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“I happened to have an accident with a deadly demon. He tried to take over my body--but failed, leaving my body like this.” I said31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNuaiqR6iw
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCoGCwjUdH
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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…..31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBAkTTCQsz
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtR7xS6IVvk
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvTGtq4Q83
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQsQjW83W8
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVsfnR4BnX
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9u93LIC2w
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0dfWBXu8C
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDe5uQfEQS
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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!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC9s2ZIdoo
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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.
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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 insists31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsf5FSBMTV
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“Now you have done it HAG!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhmbYDbbV4
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyrXcVHrxe
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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 shocked31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAQUffPJAt
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpzT17E4rC
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeuwh7vbwd
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Everyone is shocked to31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1TRlileI7
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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.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KJlNZi3QK
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGe5uF1RwNF
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Sil notices Gloria.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghOcugXqwR
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1FmIHdSG5
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsrjikxI1X
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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.”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgr1RdsNrZM
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xVVvo8kQn
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrVCSwEF7F
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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 asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeViTJqQUQi
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkZkieXFo3
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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 again31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWBUF2oFLI
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDXV6285a8
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzFv68eQiG
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Reqx0UY7I
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2qkXe7XDd
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq78U2lKKXK
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZipjDBcAr
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0811Jk6g4
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum9Tq3NP6g
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK85zCLaEu
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JA3CvWxAO
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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.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjzrSOwbh6
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXfC2pJ7Cl
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67TrRUmVez
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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 says31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQAqhdEZKs
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLkvxxXm7M
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQARIrn2XH
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbTYIcNrsZ
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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. ”31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwl0ldAcpZL
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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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