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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCQ9eYhBgN
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qeLMroAnX
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TtA5i35G9
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqCL30bEfB
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAQodmqo7D
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zcEiyrdX1
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLM2JToX1E
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What’s he talking about?257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnir4inbjwn
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ525w23zR72
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmAbQS0hqT
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOHbS6CYWF
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYGVN5k4qw
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFITcT68ZC
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSJIQDkkmH
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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.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlkb1Ams2B
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JCYnzCZ7k
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK4ODVNQMI
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My left arm is now back to normal too.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvzA21RJ8b
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Bf9RMK8ca
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fp7Nrn8Cz
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI9Axrr06l
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbLTa0sDOs
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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 replies257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJPgmtv5Ub
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWDRiNpfslY
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrUAiJ9fcu
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohQv97bdC4
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFq0KNhh8R
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNJEFFfPmY
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT6K7BNBDC
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTk1bAVb8k
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibqRbWeFvf
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ggt4IHWhi
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHhJ6PdcRk
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUNODB48wY
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnh3EHDIGd
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprlYShrigO
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsJJpLrFOX
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweKYIb3zdC
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUvjo0sak5
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAgDPLgNcn
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0MAfxdgsu
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHqEre13lm
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsHgv4yCCa
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mfqBW5GoP
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdDmFr7pKU
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblmFCSQxGD
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi09GSSNHH
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzFVysuDjS
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0GItxEyIP
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhof23W0TUk
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWXsyJOrYP
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUFf2TSZn5
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8masRe55y
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XIfvqm9YC
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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.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0PHH2w3PA
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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 adds257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAMu0fZFeB
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkUYzbIORG
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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,257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrcVffdcPr
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhwgMH0Tyu
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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,257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG13bI2I2h
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXJUzpb9h2
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrJ13mcTHD
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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?257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnmRgzUKvm
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca8EJJ8lue
“You think you have suffered enough?!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dZeLSej0v
“Going to leave your contracts?”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBG4LI5u7HF
“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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwt2isxOQr
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tsabyYLet
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nprKnTgVp
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllyKYB2GLv
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70dIUZpLfE
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZry0eUSJJ
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQMcRx7235
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhtChY7Mj9
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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 quicker257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3V7pcUJURR
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsc9C5jGlZ
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSanyQVjuv1
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JmRRungTx
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6XX7RGMFb
“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 roars257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7afTDZbZkY
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9XdFB0XPe
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLraq4HHKw9
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tRk28Rh5x
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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.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuUUDJ7gbR
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdNIMybnnv
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxu4Ou1aCC
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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?257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1Dx1MGVme
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Sil is trying to console him.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUjdYTlxz5
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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 him257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP00Hv3ZP2v
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fzVxmoc0m
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxif68eo5j
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FfwBmVEOl
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtB4PMlfHj8
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFHFaee6Hb
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWo28ChbMs
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAmhJtzBS4
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJnctdMDI9
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVqweJhnJ9
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcenZ99RR16
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSgWvTUjIK
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“What?” I whisper to myself.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GkBducjbe
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GTx8DXGXm
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDT0TBzTUz5
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaekeCJD4tT
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObAWyq1vIW
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXE8Qr6Mib
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRAoFqHztQ
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Vy0l06fs2
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkM3YEstb3H
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I nod slowly.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPkJiUohSO
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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 asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGgF6g2ZUd
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEsTlVMVuc
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRirduguS5
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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 ask257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Pg0n7Kamq
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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 explains257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wGE61ySCV
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfNH83mMkk
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtu5iQpWUBX
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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 replies257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhL1bEuiIp
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQObcQuWg4
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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!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhSqOitVRi
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9u2W72Q7Q
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcGw9u73Bf
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaxyLKQ5Sp
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiVXFZPden
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JMQdy15se
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenbJfpOHgE
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvBjUMjnX8
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMfdjRMSFL
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqYqOiPTJx
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ9wiK9zQh
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5SyEaztgg
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5YGnB77ji
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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?257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNy35zw0VA
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ228T0BgfC7
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlA1DOgJZSy
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXuBYhDv2e
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHydwl2Jrc3
“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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqethpuhKFG
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DNU87zYU9
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPY1rcXzh7
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“My name is---” she adds257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAHaF4r8G0
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“I know.” I interrupt her257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJxKJevrcE
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze8LP3RWty
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSL1KQ1l1E
“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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpLj2V7NQt
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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 ask257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnwmrsWEm9
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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 giggles257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqWqUSeEto
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgY7Ptj6Hq
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt1fCG6nYT
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG77XU7aph
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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 said257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmK6Qmzwz4
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPDFGQrW4o
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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…..257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZN4wH5az4
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI9pF8XP59
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxB23nE6p8
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaDi5QXXKo
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54Zo0fQknr
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzoRBYu8xz
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdCiqudb5R
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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!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NZIKUy0r1
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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 insists257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5k782tiVs9
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“Now you have done it HAG!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYi4J1ffMt
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAN6nWUNsv
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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 shocked257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6akMhOsrT
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppMvaQ2TfB
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4ECsnyufC
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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.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv2vwTLvPq
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSO9fICy4Sp
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Sil notices Gloria.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzqBJLbWoE
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81aBKGysn1
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPikeHrdLBR
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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.”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ74PpoBuwO
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ9FdTJv1J
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpaij6a9FN
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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 asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEekvlU0Nw
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KuaGUTeTa
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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 again257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUM4F3mZpo
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwLOpnkntZ
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWjWKbnoAC3
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rQqlj05Qe
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREkEyDjZgT
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEIL3Z2ujV
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdd7TNRsTtS
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoKFpPcTn2
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡykNJOFzK4m
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSbFl3G96S
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOWIcDJjSG
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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.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIoFOIY2w6
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNWvAtODe7
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFU3X0pwvu
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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 says257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub46JvgfBq
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApot3Q8XDI
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ0cIS02I3
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKZBYnhsQl
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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. ”257Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5IabhZwRWL
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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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