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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLv9B7LXm5
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDGLvXSkOv
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIbqTkyM3K
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQze3vgKAW4
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyyVcQX28b
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn6Xl2263u
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeox4p3kEiC
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What’s he talking about?302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtWYW3oUlt
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ72RzDlzbu
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShTmYrZVPn
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFoEZnI69v
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmE2mjNTi2
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21vJkNKtgd
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGGcIvtaP4
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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.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡll8ZsRmjhC
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0e1J762yl
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAM6KruE36I
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My left arm is now back to normal too.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVhqCP0hjb
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNSSBXFEpQ
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlrvGy9hN5
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP2LnZ8B0uY
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQ4dl6iH7O
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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 replies302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgsTzThd3iX
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGIRJnaRjN
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjyBqki4hG
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcffyZp5pz
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYxB8nm5r2
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wPwsIfGRE
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSB5jHQpuc
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoMuwX0tlp
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX74EONWMR
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLOLk67rqT
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKH0VtCWWa
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz8yNoYd5b
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyTqmZybZv
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRezh4dOZx
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOxmlKgI6j
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhDAmUIWJQ
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJh6nJQZ7d
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PVjZ8E6Za
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipEyOzGQK1
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7xuask3T5
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYC8KOMIZT5
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj3yDAMiac
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp3TggydQl
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1n9A4zkeWs
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb93r0yYXEK
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6YnhG2BYq
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5js0Q4Jfw
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9WFwCavKQ
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cgwn2bqDN
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMxDAFQX5s
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmrXPmHvoo
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdiAMmEjBM
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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.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBkMlZnXPA
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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 adds302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGnic3Xl5S
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJcDDqCoVm
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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,302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E1n6ojbff
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp78kcBE0T
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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,302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HI55ZOfpe
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmvviwDJXD
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbBipNlCoH
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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?302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JL4pkfdQC
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPP7aePIQoO
“You think you have suffered enough?!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cZk3MScFN
“Going to leave your contracts?”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpvj3SW2lR
“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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanGiD5nq0F
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyA5805QqZ
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc07SM8Mh9P
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQEx4dIX8J
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEL0UeSw7s0
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVPcJGBFyC
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKmDbSCjyq
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizDuQ43Tbo
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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 quicker302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjXn7F4xlB
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxOYHyNXmA
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIezvoD4g01
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5hqse20vy
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADPYxBMTQv
“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 roars302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxsKaUePml
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnvk0mrIOQ
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgvU4LqZhY
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahokIcitdN
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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.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2UyHcJt5E
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdokbgitaIG
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTYsOOkq1y
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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?302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV43qiJz0m
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Sil is trying to console him.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4auLJmDfvi
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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 him302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6TR4CJeRa
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9HzciOnGW
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0TfWZLKFM
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdp0x9xQqxc
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev6uHgmQip
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iOdPqSJEl
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ836vUJntJi
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡveSuh5MIoX
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkfbo6o7Hl
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelIfSGpsTf
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNSAoclxNg
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzmG9xxRjZ
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“What?” I whisper to myself.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzyconEMiJ
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6JT8dd1OI
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQN62abDbwK
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSIPj8W8vR
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQYRJzRhoF
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgHK7C1g1e
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgdmxwoZnj
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmWs1yjElx
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5SHLCMDtk
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I nod slowly.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05DnqBBUny
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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 asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUhK0jZsRp
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JRiEsx6iz
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyj9fYeKOL
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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 ask302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rvroJ9Hsk
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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 explains302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5xzQFfNyr
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEc637aH7Jn
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pHp2OiBLX
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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 replies302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqwPQcU1K2
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrf9zY21Ta
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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!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs01BNx2jR1
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbSqP8jeHC
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcJR7Mny3p
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQWQP7X1LZ
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOXJeVPDV9
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pdGdCBxgS
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJnSKploy0
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvrilBcNPA
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKM7DUDXz3Z
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJPkiATh5c
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QGmkVWxxD
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiuRdlcret
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WvS1xql9S
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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?302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXFDEkhgV0
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ138lAU2Ram
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKmB8wvgtA
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHcOEZtomp
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfemLHuDHC
“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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2SrwUfpIM
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28phIX3NwS
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF5mENCV0E
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“My name is---” she adds302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaVjk96Lzx
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“I know.” I interrupt her302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLEaLD5p4J
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhZ0v0HSSY
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RZYJUMDcn
“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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMmkpagQxv
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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 ask302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyCdI3xjUx
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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 giggles302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygwtr6tdt0
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Km0GEHGzq
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRC1U0VWOWH
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczMdBljHnq
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
Poor girl, I would not want to see her sad when she finds out her Father’s fate. And every time I think this, a haunting question arises, from within me. What will she think when she finds out that her father’s god is me.?302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYU6hnzhAMl
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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 said302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeFk1Lh8v8
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVfSkUwZak
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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…..302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcujAkxCdHU
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAmRymRxB5
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2LYsAuerj
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInkRi6jpCn
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2WcUIRjun
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9uwYfXdPt
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdlgrgp92l
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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!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1V6BP8uRa
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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.
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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 insists302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbDvfP2AOs
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“Now you have done it HAG!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vn2lnl0DV
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymlli3yYVW
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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 shocked302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VGIQ8AU76
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QfvX6qflE
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9PgnGl3l5
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Everyone is shocked to302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uOyXtRzxY
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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.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvU57YnnIjs
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXsT8KqXLQ
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Sil notices Gloria.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNaZZ6Bivr
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZGZe0R2g9
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxHYrVDpF3
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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.”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIgkrkwNSU
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKMA1Y6TsG
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoWvdyoKbz
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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 asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKd1icbEKX
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptz64Y1dGj
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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 again302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSdmAunvr5
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡob0o4mQ0TE
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaghC5wtzBr
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoCcwrCZZs
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGRhjWzrEn
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskpdAZ8UBc
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmindP0TIZ7
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5EjebCFJW
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwgcZ9fnd4
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7pyfJEqgr
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXNFYO5IdC
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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.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigb9KNKU3w
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLQ3YUMYj7
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wwOtClYzj
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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 says302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMdktmdY7e
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatLBxTcbfA
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlENGW663a
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzGrMGpflu
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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. ”302Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwgH1iVQvT
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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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