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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED395TKtjC
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeSGngI2kW
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDQ34G4Z19P
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqFcZWUtOr
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbyWKmLdNI
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFO2rOnbEN
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6M9fY3Q3S
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What’s he talking about?174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbGuELJ5AU
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJBuicqw6n
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBreoeWKMfV
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOd26B5awt
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aHRqwvpYH
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuMZoHb8KH
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkE4eciBgxv
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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.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJKpk22ohI
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85b4rHPlfr
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr43uAaDnAc
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My left arm is now back to normal too.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gjqebRHOP
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPauxVeo1Eo
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUYlu63NG3
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLom77GmwF
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh6ekUmdBX
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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 replies174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvYtbvXJgI
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVp9qSPPpPX
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Q8K3bAXa4
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzn0nJyvqz
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkkj9cXadv
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1433bJTgTA
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUY9g8w8tSn
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62hfF8LT7P
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3CEH20Lj0
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygwk5fu7xm
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNfx4wPgjD
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb86fs7nTm0
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFxMF8f2LX
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDZ5a7UsDu
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rdre9lEdJ
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5a4C74pF8
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeKOhUyDTI
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPVZsuMWTt
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf382AmGX3t
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3Kl1LJUEF
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Cqt7NH8sM
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHdnn9qETA
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkoyeaaRbu
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVcVg8Z6Rp
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0SM05W4GB
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhx6QANCpo
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5LZGWvJVg
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnSHMmH5ah
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmcUiJYyuE
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJT5DKC7HF
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJR98ifkAa
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmJNpUmjJ9
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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.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXTNTkbhd7
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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 adds174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0Y60mmdSA
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhDdNxgVjh
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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,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHcS41nN4T
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJ0ItUcvjO
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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,174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5thwwjIjad
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZilRnN9siG
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVTWyjaGmq
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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?174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRjvw5RaZm
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdzbKkaQDP
“You think you have suffered enough?!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS83V08Mr2
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJgm7i5TQn
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLwbNPExwG
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbEyVzwRGv
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPw85NSB5ST
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdy0lKoF4nr
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZZH4O34I2
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4ZPa1BQf5
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgXo7xcF47
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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 quicker174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yTCOVOcIj
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVfmfcZ5J6
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWckTJLpjMi
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ivUcllu0n
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EcUuVubfE
“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 roars174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoARnxI6wV
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7k4IomAQ6i
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jCDWLRsKU
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGGKvhAtF7
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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.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAlTdCboNv
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4j8iGLn0VD
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrDF8Rlsae
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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?174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45Lh4Khc4f
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Sil is trying to console him.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUxgZvoXb2
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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 him174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbdCWqzpsG
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1RFNlWZrj
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQifo3sDR2s
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGGUYAGO4s
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkviH7wGvUX
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpws03tWVJL
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTvuZernI0
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbwKnNUEPk
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3hvrGr9KE
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKU5X9SXZrD
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfitO1Uobw
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNh99RcexsT
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“What?” I whisper to myself.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGcD0sVIzM
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0OiNYLUnr
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYu0zjbD12
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUur6CXWIC4
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJN8c0Vzg9w
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ492QDGRPNu
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuk3icO54W
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MnrlvND9V
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4iQySfomW
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I nod slowly.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOg7u47BQK
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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 asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOgrhlJvFY
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1yuDXuL1F
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedhbYgD8aZ
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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 ask174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRrPWjBI2c
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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 explains174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwutlq9nry7
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCUXn9qndQ
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8mY6iG7IN
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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 replies174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgOQPSf1aR
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns5LofKPGd
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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!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvhSmrPdLj
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnVwnTUmDG
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmofQylv11
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTl42keAHV
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wEppm7Hrg
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2qEgX8nkJ
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtomFgaJORc
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXG1RhxvSz
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡergmN5voIO
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2Gnveyyw8
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBSdWQtu9y
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97odbGxPBj
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dhhcXm3g9
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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?174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjM3Pr4JUAt
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIm1xQZDv0y
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhq0ox7y0E3
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmPWoeSa1B
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFDc8jsc2l
“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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUXzsGAowh
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIP9Z3XwZO
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgBLfUogAx
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“My name is---” she adds174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyNnEXrzVi
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“I know.” I interrupt her174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBtxQvdoUg
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OVsOnf7fv
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NwejCLs2W
“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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlBTlW3nY2
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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 ask174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTr48Y4vhh
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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 giggles174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjNeZt3bTy
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpaiEdJdoF
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TOF111mGV
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmGV79lloP
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
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“I happened to have an accident with a deadly demon. He tried to take over my body--but failed, leaving my body like this.” I said174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFEKmI8evH
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGRFgHwvsP
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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…..174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhoWmdiYOb
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVceN1LW2Y
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9MudhSjNL
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9Ui4KQH72
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFCxBewlpG
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fqeCaUzz9
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ882ALv7BUB
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26MQM0LUtd
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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!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivSyDXra1R
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19JRufVQjH
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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 insists174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgN0qxKgXMI
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“Now you have done it HAG!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoD9vdmrl1
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHTSQZkEpk
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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 shocked174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjBYXqiQQ6J
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOWPTp6fmr
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcqL5c0SSO
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Everyone is shocked to174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzF1kPEsBUy
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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.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6metsyS2Nr
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E9LW3WQSq
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Sil notices Gloria.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrwuRRR9ge
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIn3tGD5lAY
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dx1NLVMxV
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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.”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWI63cQWAe
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UVRmKK192
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumw9y8qD5J
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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 asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDh8EFYogKV
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVzZW3VL5x
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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 again174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4lKBX88yH
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3SiaYRKQR
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WHGtIdlEC
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAMD69HQNe
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8SOFGw5Zc
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SvqpKjSQu
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wTpMYGu9Z
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPV9XvGQ7QM
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSo8m4MZBu
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBsd2IGSig
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWivXsbG92
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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.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2ZUbZd8aJ
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6Yy9MOHtw
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaXx7cyshv
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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 says174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNckpXx4uJ
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf7vjhHhWjE
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKqNjIfxVD
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSkoi0Lj2d
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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. ”174Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCa7g5a86a
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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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