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Chapter 38 - Sword & Shield.

I used to rule the guild...

Knees would bend before blood was spilled.

Now in the mornings I hunt alone...

Hunt the men I used to own.

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No need to roll the dice...

Fool me once? It was out with his eyes!

Kind of ironic how the scales can lean...

Now, 'an eye for an eye' does have a ring.

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One minute I bore the crown...

Next, the walls would all fall down.

And I discovered that my guild was built

Upon pillars of ash and pillars of silt...

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I hear those cowardly bards are coming!

Try their hands, because I'm not running!

Volta's sword and Lucasa's shield!

A lethal duet that will never yield!

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Death for treason!' they all exclaimed!

Of that treason, I'll clear my name...

Nary a drop was spilled...

But that was when I ruled the guild...

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