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is finally it.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZPFINx2Xf
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A man in rags stood in front of the gate. The gate to where it all began and1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXeYJzzYey
where it would all end. A thousand steps it took him but he was reluctant to1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJIgFg0Sph
take the last step. After all who'd be willing to walk to their deaths.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRls83yfvEJ
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Yet his mind was ready. His body steeled. The man took the hood off his head to1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OgCwadPvZ
reveal an aged face. With many wrinkles and more scars. He took a deep breath.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV6udavZWZ
Breathing in the fresh mountain air and the bloomed sakura trees. This beauty,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2LHsypJnK
he wondered if he'd be able to appreciate this picturesque view after...1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSoMkdxyLM
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"I have finally come my brothers." Finally he took that last1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLRIP45HHz
step and knocked, three times. First time, for the beginning, second time, for1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gNmpXdNga
the journey, third time, for the end. One second, two seconds, three...The gate1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvqIQQ6ZBX
opened, with a creak echoing through all the mountains.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGT10uuSKwT
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"Who goes there?" A voice boomed.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzy8lCNjJc
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"I have come for my rest, as my master before me and his master before1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgk2R7uiAc
him."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpy0KY9AjNa
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"What're you called?" The voice asked once again.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPlG5Qe6UE
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"I am Serene Dancer. 10th Master of the Golden Columns."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWxoKi0Nc4
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"You may pass."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpWJTpPR8B
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Serene1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfNXDDUmtp
Dancer passed the threshold. He knew he could've done so before hand but1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd9DMwcr7B
traditions were important. Especially in this sacred place. Tradition...how big1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSkZJwp1Ac
part of his life has that been ever since he joined the Golden Columns. 1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsS3Sj4YPF
How it moulded him, made him the man he was today. Should he be proud, or1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPBwHvOkUDL
should he be ashamed? He could not truly answer that.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi1YPZ5Kkk
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But the1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7HvHKCLe8
being atop the stairs would. The stairs that begun from the gates all the way1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCYrgQUnQ3
up to the Kami Temple. It was truly majestic, Serene Dancer could not help but1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0wujJAUSy
take a few moments to appreciate it. But he knew he could not wait any1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVx9J4OUjE
longer. He had to keep going.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZjsRNpCCB
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First1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm8LaI6Q8G
step, ten steps...twenty...Serene Dancer counted each and every last step.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7D638YWkWU
Taking in every last blade of grass and pebble, until he reached the main1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwdzwz7IaC
temple with their grand doors open.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRxuReEHDP
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The first1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvmcikau9X
step tentative, each one helped Serene Dancer gather more courage, until he1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF3MtrHxf6
entered the temple itself. Inside the temple was darkness, with a path of1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEB0sv9L9FN
light leading further in. 1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXELdcMC44
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Serene Dancer was surprised, he was expecting splendour. Beauty to match the1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOGyLPvy5I
outside, but the darkness felt as if it would swallow you whole. It felt as if1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZxQiRj9JA
Serene Dancer would lose his mind inside this darkness and would be forever1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOENgmPgDOY
trapped.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14sH3FeRI8
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"Calm1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaSIax3JPu
mind, calm spirit. The great one shall guide you." His mantra. He kept1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfq6XNw8Eh
repeating those words until he had renewed courage to challenge the darkness.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J4R92cqXC
The courage did not come But he knew he could not turn back, thus muttering the1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLbH1TACAQ
words under his breath he followed the path of light.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOjQvbZFMw
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He walked1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzhj0ykZFX
and walked, ten minutes, twenty an hour. "Calm mind, calm spirit..."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfbwgl5iJo
The only words echoing in the darkness. As it kept encroaching the path of1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzPb9bPwYE
light, dwindling it down. 1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQV8BNa0xO
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"Enough."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnimnajdnjo
A voice joined Serene Dancer's prayers as the darkness retreated from the path1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqm5UScTwQT
and revealed a figure sitting upon a throne, shining so brightly that it overtook1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ueROPV26r
the darkness and there was only light.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7uDiPLIqd
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"You1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUsTfylLcT
have come far, Bongzhon."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgSUPIGbGv
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Serene1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7LhYmlkj3
Dancer wept, for he was so overwhelmed by the sheer presence.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxw9uh31jl
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"Come,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza7pQR3zrI
let us talk." Serene Dancer felt his legs move on their own as he walked1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpShG7prXGm
closer to God. Upon reaching the light he bent his knees, laying his, bald,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoAulndY5K
head down until his forehead touched the path of light.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2P3n8Fi8CD
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"You,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7b5bvLGbK
as many before you, have come to be judged. Do you swear to accept my1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85TAUOg1lJ
judgement, whatever it may be"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlikayU14I
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"I1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdmdXxtVyR
do so swear." Serene Dancer's voice sounded so tiny, so miniscule in his1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6tOona1VB
ears. Especially compared to the voice of god.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qO6Z5rBLD
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"Very,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WSDR2dhe2
well. Raise your head." As he did so, God's shape began to change,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mHgXH0rxe
morphing into something else, something smaller. Until the light stopped fluctuating1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh3Oatpo4j
and a small boy appeared out of the light.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwG8h24Pso
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"This1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO34d5Q0co
is the past you." Voice still unchanged. "Tell me why did you decide1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIOyLgXeA1
to join your order at such a young age?"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEMrqBJ8H9
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Dancer sat in silence for a while, gathering his thoughts. "I wanted more1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4xcEOyqe7
out of my life. My parents were honest people, but poor. They were not able to1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEl2yboDA8A
provide for me and my siblings..."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMuRhrcJvx
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"Is1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjEtJFQvq0
that why you abandoned them without saying a word?" Gods words cut through1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzIMXzTIzf
Serene Dancer's as if knife cutting butter. "Do you know that they have1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuGFb7xDgW
spent years searching for you? That they blamed themselves for your disappearance?1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdY81uBnGQw
They died, 10 years after you joined the order. Thinking they have failed you,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85XLHVweoH
leaving your siblings on their own. They are all dead now aswell."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oXeWZlIeo
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Dancer sat in contemplation. It was his family, but it has been so long ago1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3M4WrykUE
since he stopped being Bongzhon that it mattered little to him. The loss of1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNO0kIVymeK
life was horrible, but it was all in the past.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBmlnw4LQc
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"Do1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvAe8CMsSs
you still believe you have made the correct choice? Of abandoning your family1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsRDBTTYh7
leading them to ruin?"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq45NXinS3
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"Yes."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTER89TjdE
Was the only word Serene Dancer said, for that life would lead to ruin whether1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13hOx6UVOz
he would've stayed or not.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEC57wujb8b
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"Very1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXv5ULfhDdQ
well." The light changed form again. This time to a grown man. With well1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqFYAcFcE5
developed muscles and a shaved head. "This is you when you have taken the1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpG6P2RLKa
mantle of master. Tell me, do you believe you were worthy?"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUEtMZ83xy
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"I1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcon8xAUpL
do." For believing otherwise would be dishonouring the choice made by1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0n01mDjtn
everyone who chose him. The mantle of master is passed on through vote. With1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitmHWVO3f5
everyone in the order eligible to vote, from the youngest acolyte to the1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCO8TZDwsw
hardened elder. Serene Dancer would respect their choice.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbkDxeeIlh
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"And1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIzGJghfFrV
what of your choices? Would you do anything else or do you believe you were1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JAibbufyx
perfect in your role?"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjF8Rgn5jc
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was not the perfect master, but I would not change any of the choices I1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7dE8H027T
made." Before, the answer would've been yes. But not anymore. Did all his1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3PQRnUZNo
choices lead to a good conclusion? No. But they were his choices and he would1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ780KbcNnJS
stand by them.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuWTtyU3k6
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"Good."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGz8wrlpye
A shift again, and this time Serene Dancer saw an older man. A man with a bent1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdI9y5uHkfi
down posture and beard that only ended at the waist. A man who had both1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInzU1j6waU
wrinkles and scars on his face. A man that was him.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBSE6yijsz
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"This1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCXwDDDnOZ
is you now, with all of your experience and wisdom you have gained. Tell me,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FnCImQkZV
why did you decide to rest now?"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bINttT2S5
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"Because1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tdk3D1Flk
I am tired." Tired of seeing his friends die, tired of seeing people in a1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hwn9Qx8qu
cycle of poverty and violence, tired of seeing the young ones deny tradition1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerdSsOL59X
and stray further away from the righteous path. His time has come to an end.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPL26LCDVi
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"Any1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxW28jvuyV
last words before I begin my judgement?"1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM7KjhmQXB
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"No."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM5bMMhSpv
Serene Dancer cleared his mind, it was time to let go. 1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW97WUxdfpV
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"Bongzhon,1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugf6dwePq2
Serene Dancer, I have judged you worthy of the land of light. Go and find your1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb145WQ0j8
rest."1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7tFjyJDgJ
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The light1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJxxCsgEQv
enveloped Serene Dancer, as he felt it's light touch and warmth. He felt1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNC58ig4bU2
his body slowly disappearing as it joined the light and he felt, for the first1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrkJ8STtl6
time in decades, happy and in peace.1134Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWdDBsWuOF
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and then Add to home screen.