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Scene: Ronin opens his eyes.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLVuept5yb
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QUWmfyZKl
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmpkUKPUVK
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzWNckaYQG
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA55wfbukQ
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYCxdhHAAf
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaTnRDhE2h
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jQUEjtPLi
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What’s he talking about?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOQq6NIlxP
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJeAsHBokv
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI75pxSede0
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ060lF0AHSy
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4MHKiO8hD
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvgvYW0dXB
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpwMHcNiU7
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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.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvZjdPhv0x
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhsr2InPs0
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIMKXt3ZoA
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My left arm is now back to normal too.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HP4g5aIh0
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KdAcMXTNZ
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk07LIb5IqR
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7Gjt1sAFU
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEX4QyED9s
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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 replies29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbY1weGgwBj
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfcibCbDar
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqvvcJwNF1
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0eBVamPDv
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkrhN6T6Tl
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUITsljlew
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDtRNQKbpk
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIl5m03Dk5
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PoBL9QAkt
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBrgoL0oAg
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKeH2q6C9E
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvlpD37P2Y
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YvoFrgS7r
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX22igO9ZtK
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqrpdyOQB6
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRBAnYlJz0
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDch2FOK50G
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixTZZOWJ0U
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPsQJ4QsNE
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfKNwBI3nH
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKUeCRL5Jq
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFsXygU80U
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i8gVmN32x
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8s7zs2ceyz
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M8DYvL4zM
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWHIGQCyJE
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1QiCCLbxk
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaEhP9KuyT
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxL2DIkGxTZ
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2XdjtTLFD
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat3XtA0hH7
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcEEB9VsD7
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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.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQD9d6Isdm
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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 adds29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wWJBQxU4A
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpkFzrCtNc
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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,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTHiphgYOw
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDgY6hK5hy
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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,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK02sz9fOx
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRQ7vABorO
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFomfyedL6q
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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?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMEykkYf2nX
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYrKq60JpC
“You think you have suffered enough?!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqYkwNnvyo
“Going to leave your contracts?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7HDID4vd1
“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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0dT5rwrqi
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt75vXa0PDM
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ampFl8fNm
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuSJ3WXIij
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyOUo1ydME
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSxgvKGsz3
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCsP9zOh66
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMd0KETsOr
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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 quicker29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1CWVGF8hF
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1aNOSumzO
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrDxinTIHl
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObngIkaJSS
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUdkQc0tQR
“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 roars29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSuKfR5IgH
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLGgfQj38F
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjaSdChu5E
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmZvmNCXQY
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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.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Adi5FZyYH
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzZ2qQcxmK
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0t4UX4Wgcy
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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?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmXS7049sx
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTC07NW1CWc
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfe1R0NaHb
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVr2lcPOYDR
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvN1RNxn3Ad
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMcM28qQ4l
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQWYbhOyPX
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxs1vK0zyyd
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXjO0lTRND
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVqAHsIkb6
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCGbsBicUk
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFXchqCScR
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“What?” I whisper to myself.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4DeNwi7Rh
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkI9domj5t
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOp1aTqD1M
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡme3c91GtQI
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66yW3zmv1a
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzM10alSS1
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpvbETQ6sx
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY40cirqiol
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31yfkVMP1C
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I nod slowly.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGHVNZTyG1
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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 asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkey9pDyDH2
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6sg9IgqPE
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhHx9bJ83V
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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 ask29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBowN0293Y
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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 explains29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVqIRR6oIR
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjhHemKzbu
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw677PjAb9l
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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 replies29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIomneu7EY
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVKEUbys6h
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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!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWqKlsirC1
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8nwzblls6
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG7X1z13zC
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHZwFt1aAt
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDamcf8dkJ
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkDzjPUMrc
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzIsHGnJvf
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwcUEkCcvM
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeFcPoFwJbr
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhilGqBuocI
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDALZQ9oR1B
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyUmDdHTSB
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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?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYKi4jdQ8RL
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1thwlOqPwg
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXoJgbDAqv
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwa1j6GfF3X
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52UFz5bBTQ
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbL0unrqyu
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLhTMqiyKQ
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“My name is---” she adds29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGkHFsTEly
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“I know.” I interrupt her29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPBgOZt2pT
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhKR7GzZsa
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBirGIixMFg
“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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MzGfTLvti
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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 ask29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSC5TXivkp
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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 giggles29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdV6khhjlCM
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SNz0MAROz
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSckLs0uZ8
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBRCCR6FhO
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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.?29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUz7pVR9Wk
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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 said29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi7vq8xYEw
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFepcn4SrF
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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…..29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78qLgxuVwT
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oNICLwiMZ
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXTTC6I6Iu
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAyzANLGOy
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFvhmIsAlC
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrRqSfYmv5
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0LTn3tjYq
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0vOftMPryB
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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!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnZgucDj20
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEF0CKSIdrN
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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 insists29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3y7wSQ9IV
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“Now you have done it HAG!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZpZzLXEmj
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpr5w4oaSjy
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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 shocked29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrepMxY4lC4
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYezarqeEH
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3AwGAa8VZ
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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.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0KFwd6pj3
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxp7IQlfaFU
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Sil notices Gloria.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTRMnVVw37
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0OvR8mc83
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh3dELmOPB
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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.”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicDT1pe0fp
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGi8CIxZXT9
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpegMBd7gO
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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 asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXTrk8KS4V
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCAVFWNzbD
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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 again29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2g0WDsbRp
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRaZRkSG2B
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNHai85Qg0
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKeSKRtVN8
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHTzhwJELj
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaRxyNWeJh
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fzafG44I8
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDHmXCPzhF
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDroXvQXfQz
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrwgaQIkOU
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5y90QD5z2y
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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.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5It4L2smCo
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNr2We8pWR
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LvqW5MDGZ
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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 says29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3qj8Roatu
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZQvURzcTE
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvqWWs2o05
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpZfbSIkE2
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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. ”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9ph3fH0zI
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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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