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Scene: Ronin opens his eyes.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmhewsQY0w
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2JDb8cSVA
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYiJ143cJ4
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡezfGgJNc0q
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0gtZvBprT
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rX7ZXvuZW
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtqkkqH5o0
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnvZ99pT6l
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What’s he talking about?27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47yfCReOrg
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBVKKkyJS9
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXKzNdpKz6
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hIOv3hcxO
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXxMRnjN71
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCYeOS614H
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4EhP2zPv7
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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.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpLxRfXYEh
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2Wy2gfINL
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFP1ASmyFc
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My left arm is now back to normal too.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzvr3gEmC6
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfHnslfWpu
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pk6Txp4hb
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZM3pQ1USM
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRE9N2yI11
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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 replies27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFMktc6BMD
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywbKSpH3Iq
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9J7pKuabf
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxaps8mBY6
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Woxfn8dvn
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEvT1ccbIF
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cyjPTPzUr
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjc0imF75f
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1E104Gv7p
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXL1WNN12IU
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UOoFFwwRt
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4oVrS3aU9
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNfMzDLaSL
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0pPelziTA
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqP6DCJMaJ
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKtLEvPRWso
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa87KuDwgCp
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRijCJJGfdh
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOALC6iRuKs
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrl38PpXka
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTcjTCwNjz
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaisxQp7mv
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEli7ad7rp
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TYVyyVgym
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixSMozA0Of
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16kcdXjQj6
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpg7ROVwYeQ
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqwhnBk4cK
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONTwqi1R1Y
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQq5odSnd3W
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQeEsVUpmh
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jkU9FRu1B
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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.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHdHc0qEPd
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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 adds27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzbLNWdmij
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHb7TYGKBPg
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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,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAWc4kkWaW
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9YkF1NuY6
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“It’s a long story, but first we need to treat him.”
“I cannot risk it without knowing, I am the chief here and you know it.” Sil says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcc7aw6YfNi
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD3B14Q47s
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei73P9RxHx
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUiHnVxrE5
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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?27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSw8d0hLg5
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfXfREBEhT
“You think you have suffered enough?!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbEyoN9yfB
“Going to leave your contracts?”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrUTS4ZS15
“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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2cjKluLJ5
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq4EjrP0K8
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhJIVZhrjq
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE63WspA0Bw
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxTELatmHM
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrEBAmB7bL
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvJgalb9yh
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmVVi6lGkz
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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 quicker27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLvTKg2nox
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQiaWhW18e
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakiufWuBo7
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uQ00SeW4D
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy8B2B3MG4
“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 roars27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPWUT3WhIs
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGFZlkDvWq
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMHxPTNu6w
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fO537zZXE
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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.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmaKJshk8A
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBbtR206ky
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiazeonURB
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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?27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxkkZ1DIW3
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Sil is trying to console him.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3IZMhJCbS
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVewt5cnkXS
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBoWhTVYq1
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0p5JGUtA4Z
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXdIWzB5bC
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fdJDKW7jf
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluOUDdJyRz
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWOWSEe3US
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9M5eFnE0Fv
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KcbdQhA09
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpFPFswlzQ
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzpVdhuNVXK
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“What?” I whisper to myself.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYrkP9nCht
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOd4g37nod
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrGUYwWeny
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9n7KRdsdl
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrfnvbhx66
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPI6uudUw7
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18tJkvnb1C
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHX5jwBuHb7
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8Ao1ciIWQ
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I nod slowly.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF87K0wFncF
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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 asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgJNZl7Pit
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWlk6phVIA
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZny57BdWQy
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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 ask27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeE9g9ckYk2
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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 explains27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoPsIPTI8DI
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RxsUiy84A
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhTQnYARZR
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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 replies27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuO8AfkT1iv
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGXMiPfOGT
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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!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJdaeQeTyK8
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbiOYOQQUq
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1EGCzywd5
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqt1ZRmurxg
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMCvJ5jBsB
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQgCewVX5n
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZsh6BomLt
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1gbK36Epb
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54T3nBcLgM
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGEOKlKq3o
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlVOmfutBP
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIaRwL9cxS4
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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?27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeFO7UkjQ9
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7aaD8DocR
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEJfAxCFPZ
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHOALwfqiX
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEN3c2BpVJn
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0NOoGhjLt
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrnuHJfYMZ
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“My name is---” she adds27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4T7atfpXR
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“I know.” I interrupt her27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE98sE9siXh
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqooeX9R3C
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihVciNUMSH
“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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7zpFsRN8k
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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 ask27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNykRTtrmy
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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 giggles27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlOVE0IwuO
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsBMn21rd1
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsmQ0QvfXY
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATksJMigb4
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“What about you? You look demi-human yourself.” She asks
Poor girl, I would not want to see her sad when she finds out her Father’s fate. And every time I think this, a haunting question arises, from within me. What will she think when she finds out that her father’s god is me.?27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Y8SoLpEyR
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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 said27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWZrNFyvcN
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6rgWoRbjF
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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…..27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBW6zJxzX4s
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgsAuGDA8f
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkuZa6z0xn
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY0ihre7RT
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCeWX04vC5
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUk7bjO3oz
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKkRUuwfwC
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1hSy8nrk1
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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!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRjzMUBpSo
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmBNHuOmTc
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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 insists27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOI1LqED6ux
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“Now you have done it HAG!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOZLPDMpnHH
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJ5hpl8dok
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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 shocked27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVCXBtFU4p
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFe3P9xHpl1
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7MbJSDYTz
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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.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNnstK2G1G
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsJKhpx1iK
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Sil notices Gloria.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1Ey6ZzNhd
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnyQcCtaS7
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPYeqWVEuP
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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.”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHteErddR2U
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B3QSs6qRC
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmbYOSEmp1
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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 asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaG5euQLWD
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP328GyNfB
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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 again27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5r3rN4TbJE
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtWyqbfEeq
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGC8yPKvSA
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQzuLvsaup
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1gS8JHetK
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QBTtEF5Xj
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnBve4SUNQ
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSa4txwoLQ
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NqdwjrjLp
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoJRW8Thvj
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbrA4CZx2D
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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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJsgGDH2Tf
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIPoRORB7L
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RayodwFcp
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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 says27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7G9jpMHtw
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6bSt0g1sQ
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD4X8wzQKK
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCGvJc5ZTk
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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. ”27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW8ttesfSZ
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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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