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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEU8DkuZclR
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbO7Zcq2Wjw
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQ4iLJQTeU
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnmEvR3uFs
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSjUlnKxBi
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN5a0s4C7a
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QNYIdEKm4
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What’s he talking about?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fPRyabbHP
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOr5yQgMVu
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe5mrBPShJ
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAW7xCJQsm
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVp7OTap31
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYMZlqSdFJ
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡis9LgbURkJ
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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.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TSUvuLc0O
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxGlS84pCq
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDTL62PwUR
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My left arm is now back to normal too.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbptVJ8i360
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2XhZ3msCP
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGo8z6RHGi
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28jOSmF2d9
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI6eusnvvk
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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 replies35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7a6P5JwCu
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gN8tGwfx8
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK7Iy7CBVh
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjfd5i30x2
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEucrpNqXj
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrlMmeIdVU
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecXqc1nLdi
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyVZdoL55Q
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Moo6CCW4h
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKEYvRl226
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9W9NSPTYeT
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cUVJZNHdG
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡydKIB3nG3F
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSD6tstZCe
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDnmEfudbF
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYso3mFX5j
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQa97Ae6tVw
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dhnLLnkbK
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRSIS3kTBv
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmki59jBI0m
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREdq7CB3Q5
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbx42s90Fj
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCAizwqI5C
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhhfyts2Ri
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14mJ6CVavI
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjGTlq4Nmd
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ofJlRThVo
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUVy7wd8dD
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75H8yL4aOW
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJlXUnTsUba
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOjiJl7Bnk
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekB173HLGE
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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.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDZ4Lp1zxA
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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 adds35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuywcNpq82Z
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfpV8AfLIe
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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,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqpPQy1j6r
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWiVxZmMbt
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvg2OGTPahG
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujX693X7mZ
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdNsaXcogk
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpW0Nikh1l
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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?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3EpVR2KSV
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnngiHon81
“You think you have suffered enough?!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtrfF0gBsO5
“Going to leave your contracts?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwj866K9Mf1
“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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7XmvXtjmG
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bREAPAvSD
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQr9RG5wrz
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PUeAceoEw
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSzCasNpqK
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9r66vzMqp
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumsYbuVbxS
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5aa3eC9e7x
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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 quicker35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQqGcEyPyz
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiobEL8Hhga
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsmBjybc82
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSbcc3KZPG
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG8KuXm6EF
“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 roars35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXl9tdq0UH
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfz3wh6nat
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEcmrYdnqF
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFe7SumMWP
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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.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7H6PIqVpd
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGeQI7F1T2
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnj4oMW29iz
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What’s going on with me?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpg7u7q6Fs
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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?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDGSKI5XaG
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Sil is trying to console him.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S7xe3eVIG
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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 him35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsj4AD50e1x
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiro0tAj13
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPoCosesWX
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu8zmBQHim
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9NmhNJBH1
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAfbgod2c4
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDosw9zpi9
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypRFu9S2ke
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzniX2ljzj
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyrWvBq5Ux
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYNgbjvdV4
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ0UcKRwJw
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“What?” I whisper to myself.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOhydEsHvD
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFgEUHVcig
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeehffxsSws
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YYBUEq93P
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9qcwFsb06
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoKKgPG3QS
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtChnqFQMF
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkSgNQaZb1
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJxRxOnPw5
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I nod slowly.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPu9aOZEZkL
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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 asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DMfAYpYMh
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnpHRvGhUS
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY6QCuwkak
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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 ask35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUmf28Mz2N
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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 explains35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSE3oPDLPl
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp71ldWBOaW
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIWPtQXTwh
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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 replies35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUHwLKAfLH
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPQ4cvjymk
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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!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LNcoXrZlO
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTKgutnvMq
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL84OQnQ8zo
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae2AuQC6Cg
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI3B4315dF
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkFuXM54WT
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9cp59SDVa
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsBHRVXVn9
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZV2KOKqlct
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBucOZH0qfj
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEUXVyIK3D
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBCiy0Ub5M
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlN7fK5rU82
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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?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYV0XkVTtQ
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWwKFb0u1l
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyuhSQ6NNXh
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrRP1Ot9qP
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I try to pick up the bowl of soup with my right hand, but my fingers twitch uncontrollably. My grip fails me—again. A tremor runs through my arm, subtle but maddening.
Before I can spill it, two warm, fair hands reach out to steady the bowl—Gloria's. She doesn’t say anything at first, just holds it there, letting me adjust. Her touch is calm, practiced, like she’s done this before.
I exhale a frustrated sigh, forcing a crooked smile.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55vbME1F31
“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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EGBfhz0w4
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73X39BpHYZ
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHDK9jvaaT
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“My name is---” she adds35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSp71ZrOuKV
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“I know.” I interrupt her35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbKTxnHACp
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrzUH0Bo6O
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqHYShqeIS
“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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJoRPuHyyU
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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 ask35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzWB8AGVj88
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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 giggles35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecQsZDdPzt
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXB9TF2hGet
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmF1xnKV8Wt
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdp3A34WWF
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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.?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxDYtBlmkM
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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 said35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTFuVAoRKa
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPBVY7X5Tp
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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…..35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8Lu5Junnn
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWNLrpgUwT
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlelPisg9CO
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe4cGeDZ70
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MGhuiytY8
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzZWYANPBx
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnljbrD9ljJ
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nOYKlphmj
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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!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTdLDyH0WA
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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 insists35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFbm34Z1Sj
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“Now you have done it HAG!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kcWmzOGdl
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvaX2B5Dxw
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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 shocked35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qtpug4P07
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5psws7uqoT
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1Y7J8lnqR
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Everyone is shocked to35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCN7GkrUB8Z
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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.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4t97ztCCQ
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxO7uSaxSs
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Sil notices Gloria.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8K9vPznOa
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3va0c46iIv
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBWpw5u2Qk
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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.”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuXEWebkBg
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFzJGmfzAp
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX63n2U4NNL
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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 asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnVcA0xQDw
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7hlleTDAM
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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 again35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfnm3UrsYD3
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LsIZNXrrt
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Tm5AGtQuu
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSgfSU0imH
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHfqWmV5az
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNWYbdmFgK
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQBJrLlefZ
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6RR91vdix
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJS5GWKWo2W
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxc7yoPszwf
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3NaawO2Gk
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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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGuqKjbNmV
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKwEkP8rRg
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVad8532oVm
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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 says35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfqucqNb95
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdffCWfh7ql
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsorGefq2y
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7msHvOPpba
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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. ”35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡss9rB0yHE6
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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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