Draven carried with him the ash of his sword in a mud jar that he’d made in a rush. Leo was not comfortable with it; he felt that the ash of the monster had combined with the sword when Draven was gathering the ash.“You don’t need the ash,” he said to Draven. “Just ask your master to make you a new sword.”“If it were that easy I’m sure he would have made me two,” Draven replied sarcastically.Besides, he could decipher which was his sword and which was the monster. With his growing powers that came with his upgraded points at level three, he could absolutely beat this. He wasn’t sure if the master had disappeared with the sword, since he made this with his hard technical strength.“We can just go back to the last place your master was and summon him to make you a new sword,” Leo said again.Draven was irritated by his annoying nag.“At this rate you’re going to turn into a woman with the way you keep yelling at me,” he said to Leo. “Besides, it’s too risky to go back to the very pla

“What’s going on?""Leo asked in panic, trying to draw his arm back.Draven held him steadily, examining the wound with a horrified expression on his face. Leo was so scared that he immediately sobered up. Plus the heat from the fire was becoming unbearable. The scent of the cooked meat that Draven had pierced through with a thin stick was even more unbearable.“There’s a bit of a spike in you. I think that’s what’s spreading the poison,” Draven said, his eyes on the wound.“What?!” “I’ll have to take it out, burn the skin to stop the festering and then give you the tea.”On that note, he stood up and checked the bowl of water he’d placed above the fire. When he saw it had heated, Draven hurriedly put pieces of the leaves and grass and flowers he’d picked into it. Leo watched him, impressed. The man was innovative. He wondered who Draven really was in the life he lived before coming to the game. He had somehow placed a long flat wood on the fire with a

They got to the site by midday the very next day. It was a long walk that encompassed less rest and less eating. Draven would have preferred if they walked by midnight and covered more grounds, but Leo was adamant that midnight was the only time he had to sleep and care for his wound.“You’re healing nicely, you don’t need that much rest when we’re in danger,” Draven argued one time.“I need as much sleep as I can get so I don’t fall ill and have you foster me again,” Leo replied.He left him alone then; and it was true, he didn’t want to foster him anymore than he already did. All Draven was concerned about was covering more ground and getting to the place faster, and caring for Leo should be the last thing he wanted. For that, they drank as much water as possible, avoided any danger possible and walked faster than usual.Once, they heard the movement of a group of players. Leo wanted to meet them for more water, as the one in their container was finished and he could not hold back h

“What do you mean we’re under attack?"!” Draven nearly yelled.“Exactly what I mean, man, we’re under attack!” Leo replied just as bluntly.“Alright fine, where’s the attacker?”“They’re on their way here.”He arched his brows at Leo. “Really, man? They’re on their way here?”“I heard screaming, okay? And then I came to check if you'd gotten the sword back so we could fight them off but apparently you haven’t had a single thing!”Draven inhaled and exhaled consecutively. The Master taught him that he must be calm at all times, and that’s exactly what he wanted to work for. Maybe if he became obedient and started his training again, the master might just take him seriously and make him a new sword. It had to be earned, right? This was part of the earning process.“I didn’t get the sword,” he said quietly. “But I’m going to work for it, alright? That’s the condition they gave me.”“You were given a condition in order to have a new sword.”“Yes, that’s basically what I just said.”“Do yo

It took a minute for the girl’s words to register in their minds. Leo growled and looked around very quickly, as though expecting the monster to just jump out of nowhere.“I knew it!” He said in a heated tone. “I knew we shouldn’t have saved her ungrateful, killing ass!”Draven simply stared at her, too tired to say anything. If the monster she spoke about came at them, he would die because he’d lost half of his energy pushing that very gigantic tree trunk off her. It would take at least 2 days for him to fully recover. Maybe less than that, but at that moment it felt like his relaxation would go on and on. And oh how he craved it so well.“We should have just left her to die!” Leo continued to say as he rotated about.“Hold up for a damn minute,” the girl said, looking around. “What do you mean left me to die? Why would you leave me to die?”“Why would you lure us here when you know you want to feed us to your monster?!” Leo fired back. “Now where is he?"The girl looked surprised, s