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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDakRqisXdr
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“Oh, he is awake!” a man shouts on my left, riding on a strange horse I have never seen before.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nhJcMjj7N
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feeling the subtle bumping sensation, I realise that I am also on one of those horse307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMSeBaHx66
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In front of me is a man with a broad back but short stature, its Warzheil.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISjkPnU8Yh
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“Where….” I try to speak but a sharp pain shoots up from my chest.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdJ6hqHEpK
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pK95hTF8C
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“what….?” The pain surges up again, as if needles were stuck in my lungs.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cAFmKToke
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What’s he talking about?307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgH1diIXFI
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“Don’t speak, you were hit in the chest. It’s a miracle that you are still alive.” He says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB49P2dSKx0
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgl0vnB2rA
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“Wondering what happened ,right? That’s the first thing I tried too.” Warzheil says on which I nod.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJKPfS7HV1
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“Jortheus?....” I question with the low wind. So it doesn’t hurt me.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8bRIErvQ1
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“Dead---a feat for real! Boast about it later though.” Warzheil says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23LgwnjyNA
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“What you both talking about under the breath?” Kade inquires.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiHV1MS2As
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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.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Uy97ZpfsO
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I nod slowly as a greeting on which Kade nods back in approval.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTM3BRJ6ct3
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PrFhMHI7z
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My left arm is now back to normal too.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyTx7HlS74
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSLCeCzNHQ
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“Town is around horizon, Don’t move around too much or your wound may open up.” Warzheil orders me.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB3Nudq9j8
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3No1CxZCcr
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“I am surprised though, Kade. Our hunt crazed princess isn’t hunting these days?” Warzheil asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstPr9WBj97
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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 replies307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzQKdg5az1
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Warzheil almost freezes up, hesitant. We know the truth, but I fear what might happen if she finds out.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsXgFPGRO8
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Before anyone could notice his grim expression I push him lightly, snapping him out of it.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNx7IoOIJU
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0pFDWsoE2
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I try to speak but Warzheil saves me the trouble.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF4yHJFlWi
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ovobrqwwt
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“No shit? Stop with your bad jokes oldman. You just don’t have it in you.” Kade says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqRABQ8aYY
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn7XFt2DLi
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33gL7SbuP8
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“He has his story, but that’s his to tell.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7qlW02K7i
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGYVq52FoL
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVDrO5nguZ
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR5ffaHEfI
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She Stands out, so she must be drax’s daughter.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6tsJvR94s
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I can barely process all this, as I fight to keep awake.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnbcEEKxG8
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Everyone is Cheering, some welcoming their sons from Kade’s group.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWMwHJSAUZ
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“Kade, another weak hunt?” Sil asks looking at the meagre stock of hunt and herbs.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8nOkogoqc
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVRvklja54
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsUZ9SVGpy
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYm7ViAFJZ
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoc6h2xeTU
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“Sil, this is no time for celebration or grief, my friend here is gravely injured.” Warzheil says with urgence.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07BvX65KZe
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtjXPDG0vH
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“Medusa’s poison, Sil” Warzheil almost hisses.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy32S5nBVzv
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Sil stiffens, I notice Gloria flinching upon hearing the words.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJL2XMlAIE
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Sil rushes to check my eyes,307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hDaTYQ8X7
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“What’s with your left eye?” She mumbles “And---By the heavens!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUo2bH3ZMO5
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoqrDDlxq5
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“Who let this man walk?! Get a stretcher immediately!” Sil yells at some of the hunters who rush into action.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WEEZnUTed
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmOXXV2PjT
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNprUjgdZ6
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This Strange Pride of mine will someday be my downfall, but its all I have left.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQS1FxJFs6e
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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.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbh6shn8znw
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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 adds307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzGHHjUkc6
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“And that?!” She asks pointing at the blade hanging behind Warzheil, The blade that the demon lord used on me.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzjll49xaJ
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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,307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7E2EhNJ1v
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjik3NUR51
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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,307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgTjAjlKph
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVUXyTxP2x
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I- can’t Lose consciousness Here!307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkV8nix9kPU
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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?307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQ1UOL40dJ
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“Giving up already? That’s what I though.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0H6z2opr0m
“You think you have suffered enough?!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNH6LVpfNiX
“Going to leave your contracts?”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTc8fT6CG3w
“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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2jHtA3jZH
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYSyK19IU0
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Gloria gently pokes Ronin—no response, then she puts her index finger under his nose---no breath.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2S9O05lSZ
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Her breath heavy“ Oh no…..Oldzheil…He-He passed away?!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzRZqxhdrZ
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“What? While Standing?” Sil says in disbelief covering her mouth with a grim expression.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BZcVEtg6J
Gloria slowly steps back, her sight never leaving ronin’s unfazed face.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxL3bw11vQ
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Warzheil rushed to check Ronin.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8LetZNPsE
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9ZuWLt4KO
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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 quicker307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZCQhAQjDa
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“Dear….He—is gone.” Sil says with a sympathetic expression.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOltMaA1gp
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“Gone?!” Warzheil snaps with anger. “I TOLD you one God.Damn.Thing!, Give urgent treatment to the man!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qSFBN5ee1
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“You were the one who suggested the rule to….”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzj0a9g07wB
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“Following ‘RULES’!?” he condemns307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyygqnhuDGf
“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 roars307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfd3JHPUhOB
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Losing strength in his feet and his moral hurt, he falls on his knees.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FaXlEmgxm
“I came here in hopes of helping the Him. Oh good lad forgive me, I failed you!.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNRdlV8hS7
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“Dear I, I---” Sil knees down to console Warzheil307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBXb7XIiYJ
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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.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg2yAAz4uy
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhu4PM9a4az
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7B6wIFvCp1
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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?307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq8E3scoaN
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Sil is trying to console him.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiYnT2r97v
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUXIl0yBud
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB66airQokm
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YnDAkZ3Xh
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I see glimpses of things happening, my wound seemed big.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70iVuL41iH
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz5RBsMktx
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“What is he Oldzheil?” Gloria asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkarEPIgdE
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5Bo2WiBBo
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡspgWmG4G5Y
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsIDGvq0qi
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rr95r7n5K
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“What?” I whisper to myself.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOBUEP8kEG
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdMGoddCdv
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“The lad truly has his ancestors blood running in him like he said.” Warzheil says.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkesHxNq8i
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“Ancestors?” Kade asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvytf46ZIfT
“Finally you are here Sil.” Warzheil says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrET8VTrfDZ
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“I had to prepare this meal in a hurry, so don’t complain.” She says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35MsTYzSys
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The door opens, I slide my eyes gently to look at them. Sil enters from behind with some food.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMuqWpZJUu
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“Veg food just like you said he liked.” She says looking briefly at Warzheil with smile before returning to me.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyq7DkUP0U
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“Are you feeling well now, Ronin?” She asks me with a caring look.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTBvAITa11
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I nod slowly.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKLsD8bSOY
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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 asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTjMjQXHO1
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrh1DWuVPU
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I muster the strength before finally speaking, powering through the pain which is much cope able now.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrkMhsVTmp
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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 ask307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJwPEiVdLh
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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 explains307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgbtdN4uLO
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruhEpuRfqR
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“Sil, don’t force the lad, he just woke up!” Warzheil gives an uneasy suggestion.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomX3it92uE
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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 replies307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzsE3CM6EB
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“That’s…it? I thought you guys were suspicious of me.” I ask307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd7ETAVZbG
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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!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHbIhM45JJ
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“Stop acting like my mom” I say to Warzheil307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08hZzendNT
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Warzheil chuckles as they all start going out of the room except Gloria.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9zSWitJBv
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“Gloria?....” Sil asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xpWGePNNS
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“Grandma Sil, you go on ahead, I will wash the dishes once he is finished eating the food.” She says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvoOKcryGd
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After a pause, Sil sighs and agrees.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVMSF25vX4
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After a few seconds, the bustling room dies in silence.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFr9ewPlys
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I feel all kinds of anxieties. 307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUgmJhPZzmt
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“Eat up. The food will become cold.” Gloria says which startles me.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpyCQDp3eE
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4cdensZHm
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At least this way I can avoid her probing eyes.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUziBmpWgDF
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVgNusz4jg
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But Now?
The body remembers what the mind does not want to accept, and it was no longer my ally.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRBJn7L4jh
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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?307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbWId8tYh2
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvRCWJxM2i
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As I eat, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Oj0nk40gO
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2cpJBDNg3
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8JX8rF9Yv
“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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMBPZl6H30
“You always this quiet?”
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She waited, arms crossed, expecting… something. A reply, a reaction. Ronin gave her nothing.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTbiAQ6nEI
After a beat, she huffed a laugh. “Alright, I’ll take that as a yes.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJYoN767ov
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“My name is---” she adds307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpXfx2Ef8d
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“I know.” I interrupt her307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVJHKsx2Zq
“Huh?” she says in a short exhale with slight confusion. I take big sips of soup to finish it faster307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWp0aGQuyq
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“Drax’s Daughter—Gloria, right?.” I say307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1SZh5ALGQ
“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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxUYNJEcQo
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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 ask307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtLjVV9LzC
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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 giggles307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAW44WWB6j
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So she really doesn’t know about Ethis being her mom.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyPwolgyI2
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“Blood of the gods runs through you nonetheless.” I say307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX21IMidyRm
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She laughs softly “Yeah, you can say that.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cTsmegvTC
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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.?307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGdF0zY2IB
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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 said307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXdWewv8t3
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj24j3Pwqpe
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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…..307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCzDbFo4MI
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRs2umW6k2
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaq8TeQm2U
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As the old men said, Now I can sleep like a horse seller!307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAYgdianfF
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I lie down on the bed, its comfy, compared to sleeping on rough ground, enough to fit me.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmEhr8sNRn
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwTEpaoIl5
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“You know how much I hate mutants!” Sil spits307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwEIGK1JJQ
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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!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YKt9uQL1q
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxJV2KUoMx
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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 insists307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn3aIpr7lY
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“Now you have done it HAG!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeFIFewBAU
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Sil gasps “HAG?!”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskvm4xbajC
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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 shocked307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41QecsDSNX
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“Wait, who? Surely you do not mean….” Sil almost shouts but Warzheil interrupts her.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXX47YXgcS
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50MApv9aDI
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Everyone is shocked to307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmyFghwGfM
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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.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu3eUEmTsA
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJH3YGZiZu9
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Sil notices Gloria.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEHExWSKNj
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBd4hzG0yy
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“Make yourselves comfortable kids, this is tale of a legend in making. So, Don’t jump to conclusions.” Warzheil replies307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWD5s8zA8Cb
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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.”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2T6l2eVyd
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“H-he, killed the demon lord that my father told me fairy tales about?” Gloria hesitates under her mask.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXD38y0DoS
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5oy31hAec
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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 asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiI8bcnd1l
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“He told me its complicated.” Warzheil says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBzXwbVc3F
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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 again307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2NNHJ9pld
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYh3NjnP6gm
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“You surely saw the lights flash down from heavens and whispers of gods yesterday, right?”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmLCFcBJRY
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“You mean the light that appears when heroes kill the demon lord?.....” Sil says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1viUj6BLZ
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWR9viKjhVk
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Kade is so shocked his jaw hangs with disbelief.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsRQ1UwoYX
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RRCUaGkTf
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rRCJwJdtu
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2Z5S304vC
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“Wait, then why did the demon lord’s weakness not apply on him if he killed him?” Kade asks307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoVDR7k5iW
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Gmw7k6lDl
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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.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjHo83JPbk
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAyIAZbyRNE
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Warzheil nods “ and Umm..., Forgive me for raising my voice earlier.” Warzheil says with a sad expression307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoM8psU8nxu
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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 says307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DvkSdLpBe
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“Ahem… kids, you should sleep too.” Warzheil coughs hiding his embarrassment.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lTkczDmyY
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And so, everyone goes to sleep.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm5doQ4t0b
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Gloria closes her room’s door, and falls on her bed flat on her face as she clutches her pillow.307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXkxXTggZFo
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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. ”307Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBzhlccDXn
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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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