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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrRtwl0JsI
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKhH4odULj
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJy0irgaCw
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7886uFf0wP
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90srlzqQgA
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fiStToqfc
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFsOMSwFKu
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpojdR7P5Y
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaBCBk2QI2
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZhAexQWPi
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgGCXreBIk
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpgiM1Aabs
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9TgHpdFOf
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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.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TXDoyVOYj
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquEIahvOOF
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlV15tclVR
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My left arm is now back to normal too.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBVbbGXAoH
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwHt3DpKzd
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pKeqq0Yzr
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpNCKGrqSb
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzsJBDWekr
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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 replies224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYDOsyEy2F
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDIhAIl3qgl
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliRnWo2Ite
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgAPUM1qqW
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBjOzbZIS0
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5deUvsJJf
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5jZoAStSb
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfeSmfMVBz
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8gCoBLL4o
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSStsAoZOgD
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lvorQe5Ug
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZcFWP6Adc
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuH1WD5yti
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1jB90YzPx6
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWcGV7LTkm
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGznPjF8XPc
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2upF848dl1
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb8R1Xq4lF
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC5lmFBq5H
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DnghIPHKt
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPKWG93ETq
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUS7FfZOrH
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIvyR3sqRE
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyrcMwS98p
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCWp5v98SK
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VT9rA3HxA
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFvdxLPhoK
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj0QgLQJ42
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAxP9A02SR
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLkjMCyk3D
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3IxgSg22y
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvSPrmiXOI
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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.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wm2wT4aBH
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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 adds224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtI7LQXazNQ
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfK9AYGoETY
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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,224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEjkb1hznE
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQxdZfWB8c1
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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,224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem7E3d3LDH
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowxjMwJ9w6
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIgujpZDEM
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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?224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBXbLvWAlB
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5D6Y4ORoU0
“You think you have suffered enough?!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJE0s9wvtU0
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“Breaking your code?” My own voices eco, as if around me. It feels strange but I feel a fire ignite in me.
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Gloria’s sharp eyes flicked over Ronin—his tattered form, the raw exhaustion written across his stance. There was something wrong. A man in his condition should be trembling, should be struggling to keep upright. Yet, there he stood, not relaxed, but poised. Like a blade left in its sheath, edge unseen but present nonetheless.
She crossed her arms, not out of indifference, but to keep her hands from fidgeting. He was an enigma. And Gloria hated enigmas.
But there was something haunting about him, she notices a dullness in Ronin’s eyes as if Staring into the abyss. She slowly and hesitantly walks up to Ronin, waves her hand a little.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyKy2ZlsFz
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvK3BgtyZj
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnLaZcp5xQ
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpViVwwNMF
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9C6e0rsreY
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8iaAzNsLA
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0W19OLOgD
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQ7NX44OB3
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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 quicker224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOiRI94LOHV
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZhO9NOEOM
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eqGz5uE19
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2x9W7RuqBQ
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“You would follow RULES when a man is suffering silently Infront of you?! I made Rules to save people not to let them DIE!” he roars224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglE2LamVZI
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vZ0kMfJHz
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMEEotT8eZ
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABpV9Cogu2
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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.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rytzYHPn5
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdFBqK73vf
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TJafCXo8E
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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?224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0kHKcVaWp
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Sil is trying to console him.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2airsAg5Y
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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 him224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOMysXpt1x8
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqbwCQi1LX
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZU8vW88uug
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04Ti7utt8N
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKkVrHNR3a
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqs7nMdRYU
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8rocOjkR20
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMriIdKob1a
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoflkmMbYx4
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9L7TzFWC34
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8i8TKOXFw
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE0oqNdPf3
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“What?” I whisper to myself.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4oCYkO578
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZPE0wzsGw
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1KbH5tvQi
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTINAOciEH
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wOSfrJemO
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡii0Rqn5o7u
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERt5dWL6iS
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzSw6ZEhjT
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFJ0uAfgQU
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I nod slowly.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6AKovjvrs
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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 asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvo89Qect6j
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8C7Uflgb2b
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F4TquY5Oy
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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 ask224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9N4n5Qz0K
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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 explains224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZS3VsGK3bV
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUJsM8yVYc
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEUvS3DGzV
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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 replies224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG3xVd5YXm
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3tQZJf10x
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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!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOAMoPdUQm
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYjPALqsDS
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKW0nn3FuU
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb0LKKtcT2
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4shbbFDtN9
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra9bpzg7YF
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYWnqvAmiP
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98SpifH7mi
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVJsPAXckz
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnt3sKpw4pT
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsafMQolD31
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWL5WDur8Y
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NYDTS6X8Y
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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?224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdAVF2RK1W
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy00ShMTrla
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfwChOq9LX
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosbOtrqp11
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b9s3Fw6tK
“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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XW55cZpZG
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERz1FvdHSi
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJPgPluyRw
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“My name is---” she adds224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2vwBNTMQ3
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“I know.” I interrupt her224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc1sJDcIEI
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLFg8sON8j
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReduCYXTxz
“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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWHVRQ10aZ
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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 ask224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jjP6F6bpq
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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 giggles224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVDHrr7mi7
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kHZNxWgwU
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe55iAT0Tl
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwyfA5Vq6m
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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 said224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYGaHSvR8n
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh2YF0cJK79
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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…..224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXOTl1NoRW
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UXT7RYbrB
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOaKWnhtu1
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTFkwnLmVv
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9qfFYNoeT
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSc9hyNXH1
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmOyNMWziu
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekQMfleuYN
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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!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGjXze6Kd4
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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 insists224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorBk0akdxo
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“Now you have done it HAG!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFkFIczm0J
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAXCNThcWh
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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 shocked224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCgGuohBHn
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckdvaoQEdB
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDOrUQQ3tl
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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.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskxAnmqu0t
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6qEkxz9W1
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Sil notices Gloria.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVC7Dvpis28
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtetD1jwDT
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLTbhW5Qhl
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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.”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLulBYzwGB
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUXWXAtXJP
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJOB17okqv
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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 asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcusk1aFG9N
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjvekJNISPy
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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 again224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SNYuhAcdO
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2JaQDUcQq
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFCJhWyiYz
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX3FFoCjrs
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVKIdzhc8o
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJrPEQIcH3O
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAEbcfs1Yy
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVmIuL7kAW
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPzFbfTm9f
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgfW82e7po2
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrvrFdqrvw
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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.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaeaTdTeR8
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRIZQoCSdy
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgbmlVd2h9
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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 says224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFXnhXaHaS
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMPpf22Jn3
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRIykyivh8
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsZnz875rc
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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. ”224Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJCek08C2f
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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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