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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdSRj7rJ0f
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYRJUj7sIi
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVFUSsGZRu
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzOnLozkGf
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN63CmamMJD
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgyqkWtb7Y
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP2jxMmzj4
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What’s he talking about?237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iBTLpunm8
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLSqtA6CoK
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx39r23hXw
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M7aagHS15
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRoBhdJSZg
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRizhhhFdn8
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFH1rkpWES
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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.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVesSrAD7XC
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡae8JSmNfWV
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Wfbwo8psY
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My left arm is now back to normal too.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmgBqLl26l
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZ6XmdMwV7
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M6QUG1TF8
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDgMG3U2iS
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xzZONKEkD
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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 replies237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwto4PLlpm
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwhVwJouEm
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhNvBCBRxo
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6LiT1Hnw2
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMrd2GEkpT
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvJX19zupS
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8xaUtSPyP
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAhaPGkgun
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zfwqbm1oA
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdHOxx5mH1
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LMcXeJQRi
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklkiXa5O3z
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ptg8ytSWJ
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbS8uqTB0E
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGEvrgAkGk
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwboSOqA5V
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj685e3peE
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iOSCpQwXf
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g3MXf0CBb
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82cy581etU
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxbbhXVRYt
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tyaT5fToh
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDpvEJ8kgx
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmGnBUztG9
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHjbZmF9A4
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LHQGsbs6G
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0Six84h9H
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfPgzVoooG
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5trZWbfqP
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUt6hBMDfSn
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrV0p4WNYBF
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ69BoumnLj
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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.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wEvrydK1P
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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 adds237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1p7lQThzOQ
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07AeoCNjDE
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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,237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuAcI2dBic
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbRKE3vTW7
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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,237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUPXfTgWdz
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0i5qj2fxG
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaxvfv7a3n
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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?237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxiUK4wq4gq
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzEudzIhqn
“You think you have suffered enough?!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1G4Mtb2nV
“Going to leave your contracts?”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSBzcD1meq
“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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gwKElyNbv
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvX8tfiMIvw
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoqOPQpU0a
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAUNcfbqdc
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZZ4qR28J9
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIQugXedSk
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCddQv3hYkV
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZ9H6SiVl8
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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 quicker237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtnWZJlopy
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6ISWuqFcB
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPybcQHA9Q
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbySwdpMX7
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“You would follow RULES when a man is suffering silently Infront of you?! I made Rules to save people not to let them DIE!” he roars237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5ofO5MBme
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslvFSfEx4V
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNGWjBGQrar
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwExwQx26zG
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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.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZpZmHu5ND
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunCfXauICv
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGCcLEdm7p
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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?237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9EBDOHL3Q
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Sil is trying to console him.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9S4iiMfM5r
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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 him237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiIC9im4Nu
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLXFqResWX
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFNKhjc7Ug
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfyWekreom
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO57FLLsy86
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxgrk0aXZh
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtXLMB7nzA
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCLJF5wI5x
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzKD4OL4er
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY0IJewfcx
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKnRPRTYo7
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHGRUdJZ5N
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“What?” I whisper to myself.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8XD6FxAOw
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCN9xy8LoI
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPHU9Y9Yc5
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNxG5vtsWb
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrjixa3HzV
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9hW7ofvm5
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9S16yPJnX
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWPKx25M8q
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYAyv9pFYk
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I nod slowly.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWMQZjx7aH
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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 asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRif6Uy5FaM
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadL8Gq0jLz
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgetA6UUsz
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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 ask237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs3tch9vNy
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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 explains237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSmaDVoMin
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiqtpge08m
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLXXKu5bLk
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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 replies237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWyxG3CldV
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzoR7wSNsr
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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!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvhM0Jjzqq
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6qAc8zxKM
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKlx1Q2xdX
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDr8buhlPDy
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzREGtRUl5W
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9FN3bGTGT
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaggB0H6m1
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESifP81ZDA
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzLHivSSNM
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpD7pmnc4D2
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXysxlnTlPm
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lmMoHJ5ik
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEMCCdfFOF
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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?237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnGKAnpUiX
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55bgICIGF6
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEagJ0xtfs
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6GZukYZ37
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg69eILkdz
“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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZN7YgVVst
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwH5PDIVJP
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87pSCIN6Ty
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“My name is---” she adds237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6QcYsbpB2
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“I know.” I interrupt her237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxrSXS3MMz
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwzyU6vEB4
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdHe4qVI2ht
“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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQlAAxAIsD
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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 ask237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrGWOJMFfF
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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 giggles237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPWNfjhrdb
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ4dT6LJS8
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oPtktddat
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xbEhBGuXk
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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 said237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4n787RnoF
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UQgkLYfgT
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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…..237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbilhwOkXzI
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1BDyQnTEh
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KwqXoaZoO
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1ZOr1rf9U
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKnYhhzIS8
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7TPDlfTX8
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsP9ar7Ino
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A1Zyk6VHQ
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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!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFiXLdd5Jk
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNcO163Cmi
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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 insists237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3N3cmCmNY
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“Now you have done it HAG!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXQBJEF9aj
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rpRDy9rnu
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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 shocked237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4IQxw26QJ
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDPH5XKtBt
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4ogEHKYem
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Everyone is shocked to237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe1KXUlQE7
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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.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNaMVjgS5V
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ1DuFByee
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Sil notices Gloria.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTV5eWEkg4
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgPhXwyp5j
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvAscmFZ80
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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.”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmXYM8AUlJ
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2MQcEOMDB
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQAvCsKoR6
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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 asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDEdsDDw9j
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDx9F2e5wx
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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 again237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VZdkMPRBz
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLBoimMfyC
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdKnCrQPoH
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9wiYOqK62
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIJo93zPvR
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEZBfofVyJ
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8r91dMWh2o
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tux2Fqh4D
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7Rt333lIX
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgasT8roNmp
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6xARDbn9Q
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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.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG8eSapyKo
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbGXs88Fub
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oE8aIO4ng
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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 says237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAc0NW5bpIJ
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VCkcn2njk
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIplncX6OH
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPJkbvylvs
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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. ”237Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRQogpUDHR
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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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