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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB2O435N7j
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzGP5824Cp4
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQspbyYqFX
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSgFlUBbBv
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvALTfx5XC0
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZuUnbjy9m
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCnUpKU5zy9
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What’s he talking about?365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2QwgdGQ8T
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3suTfURRwF
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTiDUtOFeo
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTfLC4OHHO
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS283lZcYcO
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1pLipk37r
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeHEVMQFYh
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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.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwoXDKaDq4
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXFqYxlX1G
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QPAsLufXb
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My left arm is now back to normal too.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIf6RKBhNk
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBvoUzEh3G
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWDgXAeKyd
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9jh9dK5Wf
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVr6HN6cfG
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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 replies365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAj34q43vdZ
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY5CJ26Y4a
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgzVXqfi5S
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0yvUztYqi
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzrvaNpB1K
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FypWQuSzL
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bERxP4raQ
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWDNpRf2WB
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vHP2rMhxG
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTojfB7o3fB
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bxrI19pMv
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRz1OTD7nGA
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaytyET3RGr
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtv3xi86nci
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IzTTVNb9G
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPN2qwxu7N1
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwytUxGcFiW
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswCeynDmqM
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpOffvzqah
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcr2MS24JB
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEYi8VvQZQ
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ651lXFbFMt
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGci3yh9gj4
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡia6qcobMYc
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGMTeL4MWr
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG27h8qoXmW
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5l0LLvDkJ
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFgM7k3xTi
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lRofFEGHK
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUsTLT40m0
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9HuDGTw66
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkSxXT84uC
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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.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyzK23Cv6a
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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 adds365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJq47748LN
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiMZufdcD4
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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,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KUBm5Htvi
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19aT2xTbcC
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIizxePUk4
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAVYE3YNM6
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLgNAA8PLN
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbX1IRKnV4
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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?365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWJLKy42V7
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2NooUNQPGg
“You think you have suffered enough?!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSnwKMyfyq
“Going to leave your contracts?”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q65BiZQkx
“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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIr0XkdMoa
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwANSvBqGr
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcuj4iHb3T
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qlmP4QBgl
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT21Hg76Sp8
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2ABWhY2DD
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvaeYC3oLp
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ988KexncB9
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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 quicker365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo76yEuoTH
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKK4HTc17F
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMxPcIHdvu
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMxlm6EF7d
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKYlMVZoOx
“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 roars365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVT5FP84Gl
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT00nVAXHVt
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOEN3W083C
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyMcW7cEzC
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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.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1j7P7u3Vx
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJqEQgOLfvG
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRcVyiHzQn
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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?365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0OJGEMsgH
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Sil is trying to console him.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXtPjPRbh1
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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 him365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHLo5IqShS
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0X6IcmpKVL
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8r22wIKaq
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LiZWfq5MM
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5hM49PRaB
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkx5puZ6ZW
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zbRPPjodv
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvdPQJWbKC
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfC34b8mEmy
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxN8YjQlG8
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu7ovrzqIp
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dqJm56Xfd
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“What?” I whisper to myself.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk29PbKrpXW
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayhGlf1L4L
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpc8rrgGIM
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbWa1zCVeL
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzsRK8zUgF
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxOKRjtVOV
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bE8rShtPv
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvlkdeQMdC
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfsU64FBnA
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I nod slowly.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPZaKD63ie
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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 asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaVqMKf8iW
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIT99F8Ye8
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuKvU14sh4
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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 ask365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoFUAgudLr
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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 explains365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBH0m2PTwVI
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9Kh5Dt7vh
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Pccvl4WnI
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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 replies365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDpfvl0cB8
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGDJq623hi
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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!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCjrGtTZsW
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyjhlYvWz9
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZljMRH3wI2
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoW9WzGw2tr
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sfbRfN8Rk
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNAgvr75Pc
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DLoiwDELz
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkDRpImq8p
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eeTjKbtrq
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcFLmuFPYz
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0vY9ftGWk
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QIbtbz1P6
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UO5yaJEqX
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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?365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp72L2LvcVQ
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e4fvUb9FA
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4qOs3gts0
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6bgAOSAkRd
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmslATyshXS
“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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6CTNUVR4v
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgX491T72P
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr6dmS5eat
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“My name is---” she adds365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVx1OeDs1NF
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“I know.” I interrupt her365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwDve959NF
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFGJU7HTMT
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxw2VQI0S3m
“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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡST3b3FydAo
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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 ask365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSC339h94ey
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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 giggles365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIMjdhXjdr
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMSpKadoMJ
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgSsYG7QIe
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP6gigROR2
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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.?365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW3pCM0bU8
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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 said365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgBHvsi3gm
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVFkNPKxhI
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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…..365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwWFkhUxld
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUHeoOGkgt
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNu2t8esqG
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAEgYilmr2
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLW0bZxhX81
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNN23Gp7nJm
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uIKwrgtWY
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ByoMDt6CC
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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!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorPecm8Xdw
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“You….!” he sneers in anger
“Had it not been you. I would have personally seen to it, that he died even more painful death!” Sil says in a serious tone.
Gloria is listening quietly from outside the kitchen.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJM4Aad09H
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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 insists365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0Fi0EntcT
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“Now you have done it HAG!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZ9WbYYrIe
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfshyrvj5J5
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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 shocked365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5txAdzTmz
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyqvXlLrUy
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNJhQfdyoX
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Everyone is shocked to365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YySGDYhnW
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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.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAnBiYr9Cw
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVl6szymqkt
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Sil notices Gloria.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5tb8GNozo
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLSQAEl0TR5
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQLMCE76kK
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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.”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUweTrZTFY
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRv45QTAkB
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWvh9SzzSTQ
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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 asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbavVKh2Fu
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxZhqUGqSB
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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 again365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBGsbn4vlO
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNusEhotSC5
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIOrKmTUgJ
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudoTlVGVGh
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8qK0WfOJK
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuMsKQ1z2y
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Q2cj1LzP
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPoEmTVSoc
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXswWOLBHvu
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBI1TQn6No
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusPKkalAYo
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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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHmHq8OsMQ
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrzaGuTsip
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mvRy1q7rt
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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 says365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY8QIiiQdo
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPn24m5mOuz
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVeczw8mgf
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgGtmt7mlX
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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. ”365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDt9bj8SsV
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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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