Rise of the Hegemon

New morning

I was suddenly woken up by movement and familiar voices around me. Opening my eyes, I could see figures hovering and shuffling around, the sound of groaning and yawning filled my ears at the same time.

Though I wish I'm fully well and recovered, I could still feel the lingering pain all around my body, especially the ones from my limbs and broken arm, however, the pain is less intense compared to before. And that's where the memories of yesterday flooded back to me; the journey to the quarry, the exhausting mining work we undertook, all coming back in vivid detail.

Great, more work, more pain..

Rubbing my eyes, I sat up and glance around, my eyes darting from my fellow miners to miners until they landed on the familiar figure of Little Fish, not only that, he seems to be locked in a conversation with Arde.

I, along with the other miners in our group who had also just awakened, began to rise from the old and dirty cloth we had slept on. It was spread wide enough to fit within the shed,