“A book?” exclaimed Evelyn, glaring at Edward with her two sloe-like eyes. “How could it be possible to have a book hidden here?”Looking around, Evelyn found nothing but huge webs on almost every wall of the cave in the dim light coming from the entrance.Laura shook her head, thinking that the chances of finding a book here would be quite slim.“Sorry if I’m being blunt, Edward, I think you’ve probably made a wrong decision about finding a book or something like that here in this deserted cave.”Yet, Edward raised his head with great confidence. He smiled, “I’ve got a hunch that I’ll get something like a secret manual here. You two have to trust me.”With that, Edward immediately sent some of his vital energy to one of his palms. By employing the art of ‘Phoenix Strike’, he quickly got a small fireball in his hand. With a gentle push, the small fireball went into the sky and floated as a torch.“Now, it’s brighter. Come on, Evelyn and Laura, we have to be quick and find out the book
Sizing up the man from head to toe, Edward found there were some special patterns on the robe the man wore. Some of the patterns were just like the different shapes of sundry oak leaves. ‘Is the man connected to oak trees?’ thought Edward, whose brain, like a fast-turning engine, was busy working on every clue that came into it. “Are you a god of trees?” asked Edward, “See, I don’t know your identity at all even if I have a wild guess. How could I possible have any glues about who you are? Actually, you’re trying to be hard on me.” Yet, the man seemed to enjoy the game. He chuckled again, “Interesting! I have to say you’re smart! Your answer is quite close to the right one. Perhaps you can try to have the second guess.” Edward let out a deep sigh and started to rack his brain again to look for any new glues from the man’s look. He had a prominent forehead and a beautiful nose. Indeed, he was just like one of those ancient gods, Edward thought. Staring at those leaf-like patterns
Edward thought the book would move heaven and earth to dodge the attack of his fireball. However, the book spun faster, causing a gust of high wind to stop the fireball from coming closer to it.Palpably, Edward overestimated the power of his fireball since the wind from the spinning of the book quickly put out the fireball.“It can’t be,” bellowed Edward, “This is impossible!”Edward gaped at the spinning book, his mouth wide open and a shocked look on his face. Suddenly, a coarse voice came from the book,“Your fire is nothing to me, young man. Do you think I can be overcome by you so easily. You’re getting too above yourself. Now go to hell!”With that, the book started to spin faster than before. In a minute, thousands of sharp leaf arrows came flying toward Edward again. And this time they were travelling at a lightning speed.It looked like it was impossible for Edward to dodge the new round of attacks. As the book itself let out a fit of berserk laugher, thinking Edward would s
Instantly, there appeared a huge green hand in the air which flew toward the Mutant Wolf King.As it passed the ferocious Wolf King, it grabbed its soul out of its huge body tightly. The Wolf King who had charged at Edward and his friends suddenly came to a halt, motionless.Yet, its soul in the green hand shake itself violently. However, the more violently it shook, the more tightly the green hand grasped its throat.Evelyn and Laura were stunned at what they saw in front of them, wondering why Edward suddenly become so powerful.“Now, are you willing to surrender?” said Edward to the Mutant Wolf King, “If you surrender and are willing to be my pet, perhaps I’ll spare your life.”Yet, hearing Edward’s word, the soul of the Mutant Wolf King gripped in the green hand struggled harder than ever. It looked like it was getting more furious while experiencing the excruciating pain at the neck and doing its best to catch its breath.“It looks like you want to go a way that leads to hell, th
Laura turned to Edward and asked, “What do you think?”“I guess the switch must be hidden somewhere in these words,” commented Edward, “let me burn these words with my fire.”With that, Edward quickly asked his fireball in the air to attack the words in the wall. In a minute, the huge fireball was dissolved into several small fireballs that started to burn each of them carved in the wall.Edward was not off the mark. In a flash, the words including ‘phantoms’, ‘fancies’, ‘promises’ and other five words started to stick out of the wall at the same time.Evelyn and Laura were stunned at what was going on before them, staring the eight words unblinkingly.“Edward, you’re really a smart ass,” Laura could not help but exclaim, giving Edward a thumbs-up.“What are we going to do with these eight words now?” asked Evelyn, “Shall we have to cut them out of the wall?”“No, of course not, Evelyn,” Edward said, “In my humble opinion, the eight words that stick out of the wall are actually acted
However, the heavy gates of iron did not move at all, shutting the mouth of the cavern that opened into the valley.Evelyn immediately got impatient again, “Edward! What’s going on? It looks like you way to deal with the gates is wrong.”“Wait a few moments,” Edward smiled, “see, the gates of iron are so heavy that it’ll cost them quite a while to lift themselves.”Sure enough,With a resounding roar, the iron gates slowly retracted upward."How about that, Evelyn?" Edward exclaimed with a smile. "I was right, wasn't I? Now, let's hurry and pass through this opening."The trio fear that the gates would plummet with an alarming speed. Therefore, with the iron gates barely a meter above ground, they swiftly bent down and slipped through the massive gates of iron forged by those artificers of Gluttony Gang.Emerging on the other side, a triumphant smile crept onto Evelyn's face as she gave Edward a thumbs-up."Edward, you truly are one in a million. I never imagined you could unravel the
“Cruel monsters?” fumed Edward, “Those people are too wicked.”“Yeah, when some of them became cruel monsters, they had to fight against one another to win their rations of food supply for survival. If they don’t fight, they also have to be starved to death,” said ashley, worries etched on her face, leaves deep creases on her forehead.“Then how do you escape from there?” asked Edward.The question obviously saddened Ashley, for she suddenly broke into tears.“Perhaps seeing that I’m beautiful, they want to offer me to their big brother,” Ashley whimpered, “on the way to their big brother’s, I knocked down one of their men and escaped. I would have succeedeed if I hadn’t met you, Edward.”Having spoken of that, Ashley started to tremble. Palpably, the horror was still hovering over her head.Evelyn gave her a gentle pat on her shoulder and reassured, “Now you don’t need to worry. We promise we’ll get you out of here.”“But I don’t want to escape alone. You have to save my boyfriend. I
With a snap that reverberated like a cosmic thunderclap, Bellum summoned a cage so immense it seemed to defy the laws of existence. Inside its forbidding confines lay Evelyn's mother, trapped in a petrified trance, her eyes echoing an abyss of despair."Mom, Mom!" Evelyn's anguished cry cleaved through the air like a blade through the very essence of her being, making her own mortality seem trivial. In that moment, she yearned for herself to be the captive within that cage, rather than her mother.Emma raised her head, grinning with an eerie look as if she was a monster from an alternate dimension. "Mom, it's me, Evelyn, and this is Edward. How in the name of all that's holy can you not recognize us?" Evelyn's voice trembled with a haunting desperation.Evelyn even contemplated launching herself forward to liberate her mother from that steel prison. Laura swiftly pulled her close, offering a protective sanctuary."Hold your horses, Evelyn. That place is a minefield of treachery."Then