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A cloaked and quick shadow jumps232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ9K9QaSjm
from a dark corner to another; seconds232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCltVutcTv
pass and then there it is again, it is very232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FUX8Vkt97
fast, easily as fast as any of them...232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3fmmrTI9f
“Could it be?” mumbled Dhanel Marce232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4B1sKxe8T
as he was the only one keeping his more232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBmFHOVObB
relaxed approach, while the rest quickly232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRpqMTTbFB
assumed a much more prepared stance.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4o97nS5Rry
Harigar Rhim drew his sword as fast as232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9zOTGQcpR
his eyes travelled through that dark, while232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZDbPhM1z4
standing right next to him, Lorian already232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jMMAyNPa5
had his weapon at the ready. Dhanel232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0YT5nkmvh
Marce did not even consider holding232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0UNJSl81l
his blade once. A few more unsettling232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8IFRmbyVu
seconds of silence and then a rising flame232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxosVIHtXjc
would lure them into a more open area; it232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLnMAOdZtf
is a most familiar flame to some of them,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdsgtSOI9x
even if it is one not seen in quite a while.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yLvRcNlrD
A peculiar flame, a different kind of232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkNhNmzKXi
burn, an eternal fire that was hard to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGklDVxi6w
earn but worthy to master that currently232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6MmXSwOhl
inhabits the shapes of an also familiar232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQUeAZiYn1
sword. It is known as the Malaguis Fire,232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtrV6Ptqwv
for it is named after some sort of ´deity´232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHeoZC4gXt
worshipped by some elder tribes in the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zQ6ROoM8V
eastern depths of the world. Named after232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvkwPDepVz
such divinity for it is a fire that does not232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2O9VJPV1nt
hurt its wielder and also never runs out.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdEnoWbp0E
Folklore maybe? Perhaps.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi13ddvhGeU
Regardless, that red glowing stone was232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6cjBWLYlp
long ago recovered by a couple of young232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1A2LtiRRLg
adventurers and once it was confined to232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX673cyC9mb
a blade of their choosing, it allowed its232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z3YT6oI8w
wielder, after much hardship, to secure232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ02YRa91CUI
himself a great power. Now in front of232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQxyoo5jlR
them, waiting with his back turned, is said232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eYIRvto42
wielder, a large and familiar man to some232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzMBBEkA9X
of them here, for his fire also served the232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0hJB6RSKH
Hand once.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeuT6uPs19
With his back turned to them but in232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFNUJQOhZw
an inviting manner, as if he was almost232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoLh1sYKpK
waiting for them, as he too faces that232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoh0WYnTs3
mountain. The fire on his sword burns232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyQ2S4qtpe
up one more time as if calling them once232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ524AqdXc0q
again...232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHTXOUZCuQ
“Red...” said Deena as she slowly puts her weapon to rest. Harigar Rhim also232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKLBVNzWHEz
sheathed his blade but the remaining two did not. Lorian looked back at Dhanel232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnweJvroyHA
Marce, and only after this one nodded did he do the same. Celle however would stay232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwZPNg21ef
armed and ready.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrlN68Xfwb
“Red…not entirely unexpected I suppose.” Dhanel Marce takes a few steps forward232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr3ftn2kwNr
as the hooded figure gently turned around.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGm5JG6qIO
He is not wearing any mask. The fire he carries on his back diminished as he took232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4aKAuIf22d
some steps towards them. Both men met halfway, under rain and lightning, and now232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeGfn03FIv
fire too; they stared at each other leaving the rest in quiet contemplation. Short words232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS0TXK34Rc
were exchanged between them that no one else was able to hear and after that, the two232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1ndkXjxd3
approached the rest of them.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGFHtTgSl2
Greetings took place among the already familiar faces, but they were not overdone.232Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuSSXasEsE
