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Scene: Ronin opens his eyes.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCKYo39mcU
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyDItRR9rr
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMRCbJAhdM
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM4Y6Oc8yE
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cMiWQOArx
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE5SEhz0we
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMbYORzEAQ
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3oBrrs462
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What’s he talking about?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1z6q4c3T3
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6fU0oc2H5
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvm9YPNI2Z
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQM97aFXLGI
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2vsVgsuw0
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkHscPbT2R
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡinCn849JI4
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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.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwELNej47X0
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl59NEnrc5r
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVtZ89YbGJK
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My left arm is now back to normal too.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjv3IXYEb8y
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTV99yFd5P8
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZP50Gog4t
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXRMPzQXr4
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKX3YKai997
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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 replies28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jtJltF8JI
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8nvApaufS
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKZNp44RE6
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeSvB2Uk8e
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7yHj2iw3z
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2rVDjpXfu
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lglyLG2NX
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAthPHLeo2e
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrrlGM1OuV
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJS5W3qirL
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy4IUE6Xdem
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡna46tzRlMy
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7PV1gQ5wM
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwyrojANk0
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeih9RBTCKb
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8EEZS6C9d
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWhk1fLCtz
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyV9bqG5sGh
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXMEkz6iEi
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3LpFWCsiQ
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaV26bJiJjq
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8vjiXx7EX
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNFBwSgL89
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUfsxF8Izt
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpVbjIFi1y
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6FhfdjY2a
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EZ8g3EYjp
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUdWHPL1oO2
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGzoqGxKKB
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCOYjHGHnq
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwf8iA8vwa
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqWvlYqPey
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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.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZb2V4MbZ8
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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 adds28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4suDl0hyam
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy3poqnd45
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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,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8mjTOLb3b
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXcWXlraiu
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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,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAkl8IOsS0
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaKoOoT7a9
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptiXJHCIV5
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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?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNgneoEf8N
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmc2278PO8
“You think you have suffered enough?!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB0QItaP8s
“Going to leave your contracts?”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEgcJ4t5Ip
“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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIclOAMcao
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFX0OT0hmMJ
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Xaf7gmGfl
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAq9Px4voD
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNBWSyUAjK
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL25AVrHc3I
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAyVrUGmKR
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvgqUgS5M1
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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 quicker28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkUW4BVTlA
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WduvCP350
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvTZfjY960
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah2uusFM0x
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL9x9Tu2kn
“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 roars28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhafpOxxOaH
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjgcO2VxqN
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP0eX9WVPq
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1CmpfrAdn
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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.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ919LrsHFWx
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwytryeVBPq
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVGBwj6YNg
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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?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfOBaw4APh
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Sil is trying to console him.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnq3CDtJJLa
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnswZOrrAF
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhrEi0WvOu
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwngTAONME
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgrQ3sW7Ku
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYqaIStkuB
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9jUOIMarx
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqUek7fFrS
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXpRZKDTMm
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRjKctH34Pd
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsrOJkf6FJ
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡov2dLROuud
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“What?” I whisper to myself.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDSVsFlozi
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegJZ8ykKAY
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL64coR3YpE
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBZzheeSe8
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E6CI7iePG
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgaXEINTZ1
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHunKJl9O9
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXC31divl6
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfIq8HigtN
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I nod slowly.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQV613IG2H
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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 asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR5ubQwmI5
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKEskvHEbq
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2h5fONiti
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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 ask28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSWsvt6bXo
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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 explains28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCIv1VxDlVn
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIStX0ziQB
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMByKYD579K
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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 replies28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDCgVdYAq8
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvtfbAIGTl
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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!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYTkD3FFCX
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR67tDbTOgb
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20kvgPbgIT
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL9kKfIouf
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YNCyKv5Vo
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uhPvimCak
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVByIzMDZm5
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1z5uIzZ8C7
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcByICVvPk
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQcAg3BGHP
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxwFqlyGP0
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAehyXtJwJR
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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?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyqFxHhS0r
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccvwvKRzcV
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflVftXflqc
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxVC6BODG7
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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.
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“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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOd8L04wMpQ
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWbbw4CItU
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB7BZZxsc4
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“My name is---” she adds28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd6rPiUQ3O
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“I know.” I interrupt her28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqSp1cC6U6
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStS190G6tg
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3789I50hA
“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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VgxxTqVhT
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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 ask28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqpsQCIubg
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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 giggles28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszySJS3diN
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk1kSD6MDF
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0ZIzKQnTe
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡantupx0H9n
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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 said28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmILccrS08
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyZnKQO094
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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…..28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOScby7xIv
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BudcMPvik
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifJXpFMvAS
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmkodNTNMA
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9HdRHK2W3
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9mkWJeG5H
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0pfnfX45c
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRHyaAKQLD
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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!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdKzRt52aq
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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 insists28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQNmvu5qJC
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“Now you have done it HAG!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjtNTvQFs6
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkRHvLeXuz
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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 shocked28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzY1wAchvg9
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VLYiWfpcc
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaY8h1Bq7I
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Everyone is shocked to28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ThdvyRp2z
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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.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXw9estIll
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgjNybHCV0
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Sil notices Gloria.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIRJWhiv1q
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFY7Ern82s
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlJCtuVQvj
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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.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jRd3NvvYK
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IEnbF0OR2
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlu9buA0lI
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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 asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb1i2OJihv
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygZlJbEdW0
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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 again28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2fOUyLBXU
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCryFsfpUth
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNj6VJSnPMo
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHfKrNoDe6
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSioBp2565
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlXwsYc2qh
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMTdT0ZSnt
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJ84cND7m1
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzQJSdGgl9
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jvUUOvjbl
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ592Nc85c6U
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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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYw3V9cptB
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcV1pkBlFjL
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lnsCvkJto
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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 says28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZU0S8VHt8
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrLOXt5DH8
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG1FaTlf2X
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtetkoP0BXt
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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. ”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvppuoziOej
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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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