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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eVO8KVpel
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCz4yl1ahM
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hdvAbwOrF
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhjpg7bqH0
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdU5nRvsAKy
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbm7qgsdVs4
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54vOh73h9h
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What’s he talking about?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0RPZ7BRuyo
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaG5ClPy8MD
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9kMN1hXdk
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJXKFCKEwd
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQYT67Lpf1
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAHdHnLaqH
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuygnBYk5aP
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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.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XLwwwaWUS
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvDhot8NKg
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpD1rAcWAP
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My left arm is now back to normal too.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3eOT96xdT
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NMNVmhWYp
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1NtgyqtOu
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQcg9JhHL2
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePKUYdHJZH
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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 replies263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4pnyU0mN4
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmGSXHE76H
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbcolafxio
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubXjpUxo4p
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklszAQ9lax
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqup6kqhR8
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjqC8zqw2g
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehBxV3JvHq
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYT9GW4WLW
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYA3yIdfrS
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNlzs9V1Kf
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KDqQcTUxE
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTgyLJoLba
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qs6kvIcLE
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpQQfuTKeQ
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjiTBmiOrD
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygzeXrZkdM
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3J0mO6YBB
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgf6pthbZs
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Piol8F2k9
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalqmfwcumV
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsTHR6DDzx
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2hFFmG0ge
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDrPGvUEYz
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYM3ZqZfmC
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPdEyBp6BW
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNgLqlYRdB
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mlIgJ2WuF
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFnWtAlAzl
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8ndGTEXrW
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApspSt5LPk
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZOrh8llEI
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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.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlArtUghqKN
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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 adds263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLA0XipJrT
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ldv5HC8Um
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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,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneBqhT0d1i
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPF08mmYhC
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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,263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZDsMntnGu
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjnvL1N5zs
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOa1JDmztV
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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?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ429SNd0Bcc
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUJ8i5Z3ER
“You think you have suffered enough?!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkMMkIvvTV
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“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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaL1VOlznbl
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiS6cIxTls
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRMr23ucOE
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsqH3uPHZB
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuihhBGkIj
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvBi0yEZbT
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasxIy51Zn5
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB76z3BOM26
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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 quicker263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfM44SlJ1I
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6lYj9jQwN
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEsjd0YUz3
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QFCOZB3Tw
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“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 roars263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00y3tzNe1C
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveTftNiDW7
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxTX1jQXSV
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPVeybs6qJ
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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.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaCN9mkAll
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbOLAeBqYD
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsETfHIHSHI
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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?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBb7SkuEWGN
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Sil is trying to console him.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NKRwTwwy1
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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 him263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3FpglXjTB
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNTwdd3ZM5
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDhksXn99G
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNoOiF1UYb
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2m2N4eOEg
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22GE0zaIhw
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghSPgXCC9o
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMsNgu9lj7
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzETF1WgWC
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQeUFRlywk
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbA6UhZ7br
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“What?” I whisper to myself.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ245xIY5ym1
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8ZYp6ijfM
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m4xfndquN
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86OUCS4De1
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQewJaniOLc
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRJel7UIen
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5luThDJr5
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCKCzAhAu3
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhSyNZ3yZa
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I nod slowly.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcupirCKIxR
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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 asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfL3ijk3V9
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi5W5KBbUl
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32DVbgQZFX
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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 ask263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8NUUnGwf7
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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 explains263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNjL3RZz3h
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHz1TnpgTQO
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLcTNtd77v
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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 replies263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmNdfVneUo
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2T7C79JDE
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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!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpVCiTErFT
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZcXSA1fT7
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnk443W54GA
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpuR7IHqBn
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWuCiC45s2
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznYb7rUdif
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzOotbDciN
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeS7KLKLQX
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwOZ9CC2tw
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwL2iRtLHZ
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnMxiRpGoQ
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpCjXdJuOj
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATyMC4KFbu
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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?263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPg6he1Tfm
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3pIADQnwt
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFDr9ZDDhL
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY31KdJbvk
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C2xppEUEz
“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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7f4QgyDwe
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CrmXwXXp4
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM7QNVSqGjb
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“My name is---” she adds263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlduNjcBA1
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“I know.” I interrupt her263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AQYDmbE9U
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0fQOruhEf
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepm7yYUfsz
“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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWXeUBALUA
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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 ask263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHxcy0yI8i
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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 giggles263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ889qMsojCs
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk66ifkigNk
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1HhLTooSp
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0adn7CxR5
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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 said263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3wKR6vjHN
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UYDk7HBqy
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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…..263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIfbWCkFwy
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCb0pEGXhj
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuiHNQtGwm
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDzJ4xo8Dy
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5QPnrZCvw
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqqRr4AhB5
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewupJZYVFS
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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!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeybAtNwwS8
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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 insists263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06wChah0FL
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“Now you have done it HAG!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zkoYzLbo4
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGbal7AzyWE
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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 shocked263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKfRS6rFm1
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDm0dwORUm
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgnfFeonpt
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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.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTFKFW7OEx
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJL5YgIpC5
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Sil notices Gloria.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71lCZGpHxz
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx70AIqjCv9
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4xwGgoOpa
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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.”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7wF4p9BRl
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwq7miF1UH
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrP22QyPPob
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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 asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEgFRhPU9m
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBIP57ZOAo
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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 again263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtA2sSs6PiB
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGAhrjf05b
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8NzsdFbnk
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSy05U2L8m
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CEsuVUHzZ
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmBM3kegty
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQOGLRFY9A
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBIokxiD4D
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsOSug25EQ
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5wj3lTF4p
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbp7ojfh87
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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.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iBidiSsw9
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ACe1J7LDF
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62M2CtiSyh
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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 says263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDfdWztzIj
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ4YrqFXoE
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaK3N3nEXK
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifNJCewAS5
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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. ”263Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2W7ao9nItj
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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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