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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDizHWCsZMt
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoXdO9DTkS
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mwyLK426i
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysDCZ54tya
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT2mcED1FF
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnpCrUtPjh
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkrfjnOfTi
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What’s he talking about?45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03XnejqAuO
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAnod1ruq1
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpQD5CN1Q8
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8iqaDZbBr
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLNcpMZqNh
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0biXRe1XPN
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakpuzwpuGj
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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.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxOrUdsj3v
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklR8z6iDrl
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhQWP9t1Et
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My left arm is now back to normal too.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzAiYFLUFw
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDMNr6HrBw
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVQIwFZu9z
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOAGpf48Kw
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWykQvWtc0d
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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 replies45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tDLfLXaVs
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5rs6FcA4X
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrSqNFpGpk
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vlZoM7aFL
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3euoW3NqD
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1Qidk4wC8
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Ct2oMOwM3
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM78KbjCd3a
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYtbZLDtq6
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sAQOWrI7U
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvmFQSiqfu
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYlXjwenyp
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm60cFKs8Nh
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJ327Vv7IX
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX3IgoL23V
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0rPZ3yWnV
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuKOgNe0mr
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPeiw1GEEx
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpd9Hzvifev
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnZWZ5RozM
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyG6gs9vQu1
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0b8hdQgSmR
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHG1lXXhF5Y
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAqfXO0W1z
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2LDIBwOte
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy0YCFGMSf
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3sKLGCbB5
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxiCELVSMl
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDm5J3MXKF
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREcAV9RlwT
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheHUzYJ5x2
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1uYcLx4Qg
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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.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡER55el6KFD
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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 adds45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Jha2LuqtD
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWIRubzYnT
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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,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiOM2FU0FQ
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhJ6U3UxiC
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxU1ohBxU7
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“Right now?… fine! I was in….” Warzheil speaks but I can no longer hear,45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d6YguKV5P
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWhd8bW5ZL
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBGELluZqZ
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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?45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHZ3gJko2a
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLYPGBbYd4
“You think you have suffered enough?!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoSYlu6p6km
“Going to leave your contracts?”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGID6su8UK
“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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYBv71kST6
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstfyDTvo1O
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwAkVohsPK
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq02rIk27sa
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrI4X7PqrJn
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DA1ZjAxMZ
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1bWHCBniF
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoDXpuCsv5
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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 quicker45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIselFb9iYO
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbKrfI9NAd
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTp8fXHvDf
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX45JevX6Z8
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9Epcf3TS4
“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 roars45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSlqjDTUqO
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTWWBQUwU9
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ImdHJJIeC
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3leoE9MEwL
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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.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQY30RBEeAZ
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUeiufO01X
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VZ6U2wL3u
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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?45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs4rhRrwtnT
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Sil is trying to console him.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstCA6oxmEQ
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Gloria feels a chill as she see Ronin—who she thought dead, slowly turns his eyes towards her, she almost yells in fear but puts her hand on her mask, trying to compose herself, the hunters next to her yell and stumble back looking at him45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlQqqoTmAK
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEACFdxHyp
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsZPdQXaKW
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Suddenly I feel like someone is forcing me, I lack strength to resist.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbemHPdvPbZ
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8oH83gfUf
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3DCOePxBs
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYGQncWvqT
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaXDyvrQpV
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP79T6GAljS
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCvjvJPv3f
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiVjdxfKVK
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84UGHf2saW
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“What?” I whisper to myself.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpapJdQk0je
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSe2s6qZe1S
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoLN6cvi4q
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZABMfoZvPn
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJHj8CPkmK
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRMkg5SWMo
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfjjcOaVf0
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiw3G5IdTB
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZ8wQAdJPL
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I nod slowly.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDl6SF4IcJF
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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 asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqaWLCnl4u
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbBvTcJSbk
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVVbmphLz5
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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 ask45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkdPoIpBmm
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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 explains45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUukBkqCLQ
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDe7VXCKqz
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy62tt2pcl1
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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 replies45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4TvpFjU4y
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDGtUkMKIZ
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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!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI3UXuRrA1
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjQoCyzV3o
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQseV5lnxqv
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lRQmWEgWI
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYYvchCPyz
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4tlkfRIw2
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhIvdpRI1F
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsP4iE2Xzre
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XBHwFfY1c
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvcsMqOE5V
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynOgpGVDnf
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOowBy1TErT
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5S2Ff1vAMD
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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?45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcA5fGBKWeX
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfq0XLw8mG
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFheemq4gz4
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe40YUa0AzX
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I try to pick up the bowl of soup with my right hand, but my fingers twitch uncontrollably. My grip fails me—again. A tremor runs through my arm, subtle but maddening.
Before I can spill it, two warm, fair hands reach out to steady the bowl—Gloria's. She doesn’t say anything at first, just holds it there, letting me adjust. Her touch is calm, practiced, like she’s done this before.
I exhale a frustrated sigh, forcing a crooked smile.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeYLkA6DgL
“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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IKBMEbF8L
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9z7vzKrsp
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMTvYSE8lw
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“My name is---” she adds45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KaYZ5e1gJ
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“I know.” I interrupt her45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdMPdB3ETB
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTeF0X30i3z
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJsgzzLtbG
“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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlsOXAOJRY
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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 ask45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hYJEnGQNe
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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 giggles45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEw7IchYeZL
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC9bTJ09pZ
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ojzORZPdV
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQztLWg0K3
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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.?45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XW7dSMpkO
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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 said45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtktN1z62F
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIAB3Q2XcQ
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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…..45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkwguL5yWv
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fqqkX1vXA
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM99txCBeUo
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNjOqYKbLQ
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHdi65Si3x
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAJeMUhssR
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc2ZcSz8Z0
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“I am telling you, He is human!” Warzheil yells back45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYpfdKGdXe
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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!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXBtmovdRQ
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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 insists45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsCasmcyK7
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“Now you have done it HAG!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HaZYE7wqe
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxf3DGb89X
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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 shocked45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ9RV2Ce5p
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKE84arLgS3
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3Ck7uy7QJ
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Everyone is shocked to45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobbPoJcgw9
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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.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHazdUsx4X
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsiVp52UdJ
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Sil notices Gloria.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY21YFbYAqX
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ABsrjxEKz
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xWwM17GxB
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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.”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoUyHLKXfH
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTY1D5QV7Wu
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdUxrwYG3I
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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 asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y20mm5vEZ
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cL1CE58eT
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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 again45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0WUkGQXr8
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4e8F20J9n
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gG11RHrDd
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tgp9spQeO
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVf1DaYWljc
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfvO4lYfvV
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXoM2oLV7T
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tSh9XCctA
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijmTmWgntu
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewSN7SqEeN
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0liRyBWjV1
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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.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qMhVsdNXc
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHf99CbsRUt
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8EPV3gd5t
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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 says45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GOF8uTpmf
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNmO2Juquj
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeQGPScar1
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9lqLmyIvg
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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. ”45Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ550yIjqY0Q
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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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