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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJUY2CfnAP
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SS2FnyEwk
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfQOObxkd7
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0N0itqDQ8
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26FJNEtsTP
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJkHXtGSJP
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXE0WoVKMM
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What’s he talking about?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLamfBYXBT
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkiHKU9irx
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9s8Em0057
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxIfRh7qAr
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkGV30VW2G
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtC76rriuy
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELo7u1Xrmj
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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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbkRAkqrLG
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZjlqdj5NX
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8WS4ORTac
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My left arm is now back to normal too.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg41PB9CpZI
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76cR5YTJCS
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj78REY0hHM
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKv0nbeSJi
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpmQIOcLjQ
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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 replies719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z1guCKJEq
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjWFwc4nvY
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLwgQtKcS9
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLWGkIbwCg
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aiIAMwVmD
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeQblS3zZp
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyOrqTzzkN
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhmd6w4lry
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZT6LlmZ2T4
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY4fmRCWbS
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioKJPDxTZS
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgY9nM6MCB
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8Mlf1WqqQ
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZE2VIPGN3
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQtCHkI6iv
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSG3kqxIjzp
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVok5O3LMY1
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyPx2sOYO3
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKpfCxtPkt
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fSnAzoXMy
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoDXMXvVjS
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bXVIKCqEt
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjUUIHr6S6
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6eVYG1fm4
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCLtWYKgViC
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScPU60BZB3
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdF1dKxbvA
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuASoOrjhgC
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOJcxu7ErW
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqmJhIvIHJ
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHUQcJeNlh
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDPALpgn66
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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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezPqV6PzJ0
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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 adds719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH29xLjR6MS
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymACIhfJxa
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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,719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvtQaXNJHC
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHepAkyrdBx
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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,719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarJ23cPjVW
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFCN5WlNMi
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjvEfAUmuD
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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?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfjz84tlBT
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOvcPVunsO
“You think you have suffered enough?!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08ILBQPNAd
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHn5adjO8q
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBQ8VaK7Eo
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHItGNbjo7L
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDduRnZcB1
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITlTxFNDg7
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRNk4fpyRh
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcTgnSlDV7
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1NYKSs60a
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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 quicker719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttsQC2EyuR
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdP9fMUIQfE
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58yHmIP5c2
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3g3MRUbo27
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3lQGqhJ0b
“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 roars719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ccDE3DIc
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RD5opzAlQ
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4q70XykvL7
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42R599cxcw
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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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJdpbGq96P
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MKtffiIma
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5NkgXeBXt
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What’s going on with me?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYjQ2iGR0P
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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?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76DVW9fpED
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Sil is trying to console him.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekxhy5EDMC
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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 him719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoY1szZp3I
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6vczLyxjV
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWs8euCtFA
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAnM1iCZUE
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2aZflc5yc
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1PPdOpF6T
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbCqRHeGgs
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdi1VqaK0bf
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf1gnKZzAM
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe5zuEFm9T
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97ivBlwoWP
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSJdVfbN76
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“What?” I whisper to myself.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFpLtFJlYG
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq10xea9Tq
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40u2k0mXg8
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2pD1hJr36
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlZ0M74EMW
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdpRTJ4EZw
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcuZUpNpGs
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiT81UeDNb
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzBjesUlP1
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I nod slowly.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPAnC33gv6
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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 asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzi7PzCOjsp
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8Sa1kbQtn
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lIw5dOkVZ
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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 ask719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYICQmhXeIx
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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 explains719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEYUfShv8g
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxupkTrHi2X
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm8WBwTn56
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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 replies719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHkGcHWiVZ
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfzOxXepL0
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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!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgx2mcVcJh
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfd5UlEOt1
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbsaH76HPN
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUavdB6bOL
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLMbiLZAp7
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbFW7J6NGE
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2D5nzUI0kh
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5I8IfBM33
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLihyvr5EV
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgejvj35tNO
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJV5gB8wiUJ
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJY5DkeCBc
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKqsAeLuli
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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?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9KDMRT95c
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyX5EpUgiD
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zpCU8tBjN
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNc1RreiqOe
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhraLPFSzKa
“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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSE6QnRdoRG
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnaMYhHcAi
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcT3gQwNsm
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“My name is---” she adds719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4igv8XtQZs
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“I know.” I interrupt her719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlFgJ984p1
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Q63kyHdfo
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9dCn8iTi9
“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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQlNe6ZUh1
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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 ask719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXy4oQ6hWD
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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 giggles719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiC4UOvl7n
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeAgPbEVFe
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZvTDBn3b4
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONY45nGBYL
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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.?719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHE00kLVlF
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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 said719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrl2RjuOJw6
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVqwsEPxYA
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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…..719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ9YWfOCz3
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSakAmuxYA
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeSyVvDvEO
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmmP5XATry
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjFFKBMpSu
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMubpczgx9d
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSeA2NfDBF
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrw68ngxpZe
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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!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIVZOzqa0q
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7ZKFyND9O
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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 insists719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0dnEqdsoV
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“Now you have done it HAG!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXn5xrzLdD0
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxJyKIKcip
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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 shocked719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnDGlWhAaH
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vYyVsSKMf
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRzLvqkQXR
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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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9jkSWjls8
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IGlrBeK21
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Sil notices Gloria.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNPmMVIiHu
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡje5nLw2y1P
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1e9gdJaEJm
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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.”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjLfYcgIr0
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcS8Ns3j5D
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkFj62E5Ne
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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 asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPi14fKWdz
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwni2ZRTgty
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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 again719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2ROM4IOCo
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XGPMKX6S9
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbmUZ9cbNgQ
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kOoxRXT74
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84iyTPhqoG
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOuYxk2YpC
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxUtoAlhiP
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcxKoxsgIu
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1cpU3FU4h
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrK2DNcwZ6
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTtk806kRI
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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.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYafEvbGA3
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaE5ctnlvLj
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wYpLudfNK
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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 says719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR75754Tk5C
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9HspC6B91
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjutnOZ8til
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JWRoAWGjr
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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. ”719Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsLqlXDUtD
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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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