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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlWxGscDHa
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgxGFg0beS
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3hRDTlk9K
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb8pXoZ2UZ
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEqFiJ75rZ
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDW0TUnsK1e
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BlrdqU5H6
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What’s he talking about?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hStM5JHuB
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9HCy71KUI
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP3eAB8kVv
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡev3nayo47b
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiwxXv910U
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrq295zEEK
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQbfFdrLG6
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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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5SUjmURrX
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFSJyp8aUG
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkgemAo4G6
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My left arm is now back to normal too.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd86t8TeBg
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRToHGKf6Jb
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlRWlpG3PH
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeFoYU0O42
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsMk7lIuhZ
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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 replies72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCx3rH3xOu
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5U1AwgQQn7
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmfARQiypX
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgclDvAutR
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6qlpEWWMN
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWgICDPAN9
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxU9WTPBE5
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBv8XSROhqU
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4pfjTzrDq
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlEB7Pct9Y
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBpERoOS56
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Yvzuurc5p
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJiC4w5KsaY
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJtIWNlzQv
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqpkOfdPss
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVmVIafqbz
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxmW1h7xsX
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsVwQDOVV8
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fJKJ6oKHt
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYWfjjZ02R
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7pOSg9VfF
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVEBEA2m7e
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kx0uaOjPl
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwL9A7cUoI
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQIyfx2yg3
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nVoWvnKFY
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjKKec6tPG
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ymak6Bgvr
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7DUrMzilN
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTk7EYUjXS
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ626p1mnK2Q
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWVOuldZdKP
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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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqU8LyZWJu
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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 adds72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLLodolMCd
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFWfgBDSnF
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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,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNhw4zL0bn
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkdOQhSQmw
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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,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCsAqK6KJf
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5E43mufHu
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84vuwtwQNm
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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?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrrOkSYywm
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPy20dcyWX
“You think you have suffered enough?!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHniVBo6Xg
“Going to leave your contracts?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3ZcDuVcbX
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4WuNhYMY1
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuMLIUdxH7
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaIOiVovHi
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkN4uXn0qd
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5oWIC9Vyz
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ52hZ89iVsU
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIcOF0CedA
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoYY0UHDHH
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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 quicker72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7T6vCIXRHB
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ELe2T4diE
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiH6ExsjxGK
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkw3mddTVns
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2whZIMhPdA
“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 roars72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGK0MksiTx
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMSxyl2lOO
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASE7u5XCGz
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoUu4lqF1y
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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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAB7HBxlZ2
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByTczytx7P
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpEAbB9in3
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What’s going on with me?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWTv1YVfkk
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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?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKOlpR5jxf
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Sil is trying to console him.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjKwsMaY2v
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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 him72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE30e8XI6Bt
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFq0goCuLm
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzH4SchzSh
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DM1Sx3oCm
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKq62Nv07G
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtZGdp4Yu1
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfaQCrbIjP
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqibeWlcOSA
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJVewz5I19
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JjNAaKZdm
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziSivUrm2p
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvtBoTKJVv
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“What?” I whisper to myself.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgXcEbRUgY
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbED99TEaFD
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiQHl1zhYH
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLyAop8hOef
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2pG3GPnYW
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4HmbQrxSq
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLedylK6iHJ
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoO2IEOHCli
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxqt3Jcum7
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I nod slowly.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Tm7ZJHON0
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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 asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztn2JFDMoE
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu07iL8RjN7
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmHxZk7ted
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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 ask72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw2dfXbAzZ
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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 explains72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsN1pn413uI
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzFBKwRU74
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs2EBiFtS9
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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 replies72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKLEhHmVo6
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmTLQIsNQg
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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!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2yx1rGhip
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed6v2TRFx0
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1P26TZjQn
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW33U6rjmJ7
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqJvvqJOkM
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMf5NskydD
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3AghgHWb3
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ajKi0QplR
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmysAjcRrKU
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2EpT8nRz7
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYzkrJvheL
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVykYKScpD9
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gZv26jnpv
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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?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAzjjuKhHI
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAliQDWttz
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPQrMn8QW0
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69CNZpKNLW
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXrWZBK92H
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtY7cvvNuhE
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH60xjyrnMI
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUdCl2FFMQ
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“My name is---” she adds72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaQmF2WsVo
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“I know.” I interrupt her72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblsNjtZcag
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrn5y4GLdbA
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3WbIujbOR
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RiWq8G0it
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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 ask72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwjFT9im6k
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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 giggles72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OEkJl7Ebf
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU3TTn8807
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIVhyePwpM
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlViodh7VHs
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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 said72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXPpeNDOR8
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGm1BBG5UB0
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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…..72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMFGB7kalU
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6sXQhrsRG
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fa4lfNevZ
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwdmbM55oS
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrwaPBlR3C
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnPjfOYq36
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVP8jNnwoCx
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEM7AijLpCq
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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!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHeKxC5UM5f
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“You….!” he sneers in anger
“Had it not been you. I would have personally seen to it, that he died even more painful death!” Sil says in a serious tone.
Gloria is listening quietly from outside the kitchen.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69i4bPKVAg
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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 insists72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8gq0OYn4T
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“Now you have done it HAG!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3arGNWZvj
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcYypdAyxj
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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 shocked72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHPurG0prD
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbes5sxcxL
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPZtPGKZyC
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Everyone is shocked to72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iOSlyBau0
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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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO6gB3PxXU
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqldzuBBrQG
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Sil notices Gloria.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Tgt5w0zUB
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvccYKxXrc
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XTMhRizLf
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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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm488nLSPT
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FqWzsoLP5
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwJIpXsJPM
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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 asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwI9RjsCAE
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Mc7sjrJat
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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 again72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSx8mEsA8O
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnppMl8pHc
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1cpmGbjTb
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa94CqqFX9
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu54nMOwRu
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2LcsLyfee
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5cDpl1696
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbziCvTdyKj
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu0BSnXq9U
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0lJ2Wwipz
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4sLxPSXNN
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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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUIuDLYZTi
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54xJhv8yY3
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbor7VHCRbg
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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 says72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwnfPn8Cfj
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABhUfqGK4f
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOL0lCS3d4b
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdO0qvshDG
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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. ”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4gSWfQFIU
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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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