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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDkrvEXcc3
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDa9lWzi3Y
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYHZDP3AKf
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwh7louTMI
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeuOxFM2Px
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrWzjDXssq
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqa8LhEedA
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What’s he talking about?344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfp27IejB9
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk3XdPU5e4k
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bobKRPecB
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi88B8BI6mK
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FexoxgskL
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu4hO3h1II
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLve2QsRGD
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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.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8g7UPcA7P1
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXhEFg5VTR
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFUHgAkU42
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My left arm is now back to normal too.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSliq3kFOkV
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXONP9LnhV
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjgXQ9nKiq
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTX59qZDeb
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIh2JYKqtld
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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 replies344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZR97jXYta
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9i1eFWJQxN
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj4Rvopwz8
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRsCHANKRX
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqCzK4e7nf
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhW0VyuN2DE
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡri4laLTc12
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkAVdoZghy
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rrYBHm37V
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtZdTTzBfT
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwslQpNE5XN
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAJM3jUaN8
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdTpCDoX2p
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5vn4ZwzdN
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKsZoLFBf3
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqf7XQFpFEu
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCHiNBP7on
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpVVMAxs2R
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vefL7VMqe
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbI4ccA1tn
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKiMUFMo8M
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMofx4wWog
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudrVpptTmk
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CUjDHgFH2
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6CI14X8kS
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNPCagocUh
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZDvLwmBJg
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbySePOZHS
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZkPK5qXL2
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB750XP5PQR
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJ7heK7PDY
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDswlHmUnW
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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.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfift4FpRny
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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 adds344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXm5K4PA6M
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1PLNjySoi
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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,344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡam7jHk5UO3
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DCym99sGN
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2tnwgTaPf
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpkUxvVqMx
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT8tyB6hX2
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7JD3is5AH
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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?344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfGzN6QVSJ
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z63SLniXM
“You think you have suffered enough?!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtS47e7FsvA
“Going to leave your contracts?”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05pQIVoaMo
“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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLkCNQDUeF
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNNeKTgQS7
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyZ2kXhj4m
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaqt3OeHhP
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCENsC8hgs4
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4lHlLOWwK
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZYO7Xivfh
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp4EX8I0BU
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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 quicker344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVnMsJiYwE
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooxtjVfkSU
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqv9rBCjVV
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzszVhOQ2T
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbfXMgPD11
“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 roars344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfz7x0SJMD6
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIv7aKsUWu
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeAafviyXN
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcecuFb9SE
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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.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7MoLO9H31
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAOfs2LFSD
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYhLA1d3eK
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What’s going on with me?344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8KNFvJyyT
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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?344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRtgEKz5Xn
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Sil is trying to console him.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZMvrSJ04W
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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 him344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjSLZSSu82W
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5djJ9z7JGI
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1lU1WkvMUp
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSzU0lMoOXm
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SbJ63OgB6
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzT5AG2Fkpo
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Oa7mtWNJ4
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhul0bshsdQ
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4Llns3pab
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGLiCz6GRp
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9OYvGNnsF
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhlXOEjXPF
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“What?” I whisper to myself.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvzbXS2QJ2
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hmxyIJ47W
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfJgcOS4IH
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPluG4VhMR
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB29UTKYNo
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVJWxCDEe8
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZG6vnyfAU
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFo4JfLlbYM
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXgEDzNzhr
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I nod slowly.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpzho4URL7
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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 asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZLrLjVz8D
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bHj7ncl04
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINzEJKVO0W
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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 ask344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjr606ZmDic
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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 explains344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjuyRZtQ8p
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Qh9DIQ2MX
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0oUoDit6d
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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 replies344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVwIlq6e16e
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJf5FMt5DGV
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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!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdJwG2RVTE
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey0tFqNjx9
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2fHKEwBmU
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fSkKBZpEO
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2IIDL4gEI
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFqfNzCzsA
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VV0ADa8ku
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFHnkV9QUC
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGx0GDwdd7
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3Z32AKjA6
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYTpORuRFz
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF657kc1tXf
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL7dsfEzx7
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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?344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKihiQKz9R3
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44oeHnCENP
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvld3kLU3V5
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWDQAMjUVs
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzvTX4OorQ
“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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmiIGCkZ9q
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6BR7ggCng
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrr7z16O3C
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“My name is---” she adds344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZeV1WvtNK
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“I know.” I interrupt her344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO8XZKCuuP
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxltXIA52Ws
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIMXsA7JSw
“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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAZbR9TeeV
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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 ask344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVATgsj09hn
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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 giggles344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt71eLuqjHo
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cunacq10g
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaCLAaaZE7
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJQtIY7hpQ
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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 said344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU5ajmqaG4
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlFSo1p3V8C
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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…..344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aWvqBReCQ
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfMsD3GjvF
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSyHBErg5G
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8cdnzxwDvz
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUBjfkqGiK
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrwMKyEXcJ
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9H4utnN3V
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLb7RuwvZO
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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!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVeHjrj626
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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 insists344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiMaADQL3j
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“Now you have done it HAG!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6yIGSAI3D
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJNhIbSOQC
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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 shocked344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpvX7nLQuD
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceefAErDyj
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJMZh8QGRX
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Everyone is shocked to344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJ2hTAHqvS
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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.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFVwpsdAZ5
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsUfpFNA2z
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Sil notices Gloria.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K6wgYsIMm
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJA68Kel2Z2
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb8f2HOyWi0
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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.”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92CLeLeRDF
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeH9sXnucw
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26SElmgaPU
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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 asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTUj7JlBVE
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE46Rfo7q7V
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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 again344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGdiWfIZYh
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACj71WcLJY
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrwFxzjS1P
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLFUtlbai2
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlode5bBuJ2
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4adpT8eFr
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWBOq6WxCg
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCeeslXeA7
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOtucnRvSM
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyXBvvVR0J
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYs7ApBgimB
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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.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemJVgDyoe1
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsP5giw8Ib
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7NMw6Dz8g
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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 says344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1bKqCkc1Yi
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kg48FAf0w
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAYbyTEOT3
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1FgrweReO
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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. ”344Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcw9gyzVQs
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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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