In the sheep’s ward.Penny and Elder John were repairing broken homes together. With Penny’s ability, she was able to carry heavy objects and place them where they needed to be placed, thus making the work easier.“I’m sorry, John,” Penny apologized after seeing John struggling to work. He was sweating and panting from overexerting himself. Even his back hurt. “I couldn’t bring a vehicle in time. Now, the security will be too tight for us to travel safely.” She had counted on buying a vehicle from a friend who was a woke-animal, but contrary to her expectations, her friend didn’t give her the vehicle.“It’s okay. You’ve done what you could,” John said.Just then, Luke landed not far from them and kept looking around. Seeing the tall woke-wolf, John rushed over. Penny recognized Luke straight away, though she had no idea until now that Luke lost both of his hands.“How many died in this ward, John?” Luke asked.“Thankfully, none,” John said tensely.“Everybody survived, huh,” Luke was
Not everybody was allowed entrance to the underground chambers of the lord’s tower. Only the top 100 ranked mages were allowed to enter after getting permission from Lord Luke.Many mages wanted to see the man that had killed Verella who was still at the absolute top of the rankings even though it had been more than a year since she last contributed to the city.Naturally, Hawkins, the Manglers, and many other mages wanted to see Justin at least once. However, they didn’t get the permission, as the chances of them killing Justin were high.The only person that was allowed entrance into the underground chamber other than Luke right now was Bryant.Currently, Shreya and Blue Dog were in the Wolf ward, about 2 miles away from the lord’s tower. There were four eagles standing at the four corners of the rooftop of the tower, watching over the entire ward.“Can’t we get any closer?” Blue Dog asked, looking frustrated.“No. I’m already using an aerial barrier for camouflage, but those woke-e
A few minutes earlier.Tightly bound in stardium chains, Myles was rotting in the underground cell, hanging by his arms that bore his whole bodyweight. He was hurting. He was thirsty. He was hungry. He was angry.With his tongue gone, he couldn’t even utter the heavenly mantras anymore.He had probably never been in this type of a disastrous situation after he had become strong in his past life.But he didn’t panic because he knew that it wouldn’t do him any good.He just patiently waited, hoping a chance would show up. Any opportunity. If it knocked on his door, he would gladly grasp it with all his heart and might.Some time later, Bryant entered the room and unsheathed his sword.“Tell me, Justin Alves. What body part do you want me to cut first?”Bryant released red aura through his sword. Myles’ eyes slightly widened and drew in more light, as he believed he found a way to escape from this nightmare.“Do you want me to start with your legs?” Bryant asked. “No. That’ll kill you s
Ria woke up and found herself lying in a bed. She tried to get up, but she couldn’t move easily because of her injury. It seemed like someone had attacked her severed arm back to her shoulder, which made her feel a little at ease, as it also meant that she wasn’t in the hands of an enemy. It took her a whole eight minutes to get off the bed. She was still sedated, or she probably wouldn’t even have been able to get up because there was so much pain in her shoulder region. Moreover, it was her dominant hand. Every step took her four to five seconds. “Justin, you bastard… I’ll never forgive you for this. If I find you, I’ll rip your head off, I promise.” It angered her to no end when she remembered how he used her as a shield to block Luke’s attack. She opened the door and stepped into an open, roofless hall. However, what puzzled her was that there were no household items or any tools anywhere in the hall. Come to think of it, even back in the room she just came from, there weren’t a
In the middle of the night, Shreya and Blue Dog were still waiting for an opportunity to sneak into the city lord’s tower.Because woke-owls had replaced the woke-eagles and watched guard in all four directions from the top of the tower, there was no room for them to make even a single mistake.If not for Shreya, Blue Dog would have long tried to do something, but she told him to be patient.After a couple more hours, one of the owls left the spot for some reason. Before the remaining three owls rearranged their formation, Shreya sent wet soaps flying into the distance and created air bubbles out of them. The rising bubbles caught the attention of the owls, and this allowed Shreya and Blue Dog to speedily close the distance.However, the tower entrance was closed.Shreya didn’t need that. She lifted Blue Dog along with him up into the air, and they infiltrated the tower through an open window at about 80 ft high from the ground.A woke-parrot was soundly snoring inside, mumbling somet
“Is there any way we can go past this zone without getting noticed?” Casey looked anxious as she spoke with the human group at the edge of the rat ward.The rat-ward was basically a field full of grains, where woke-rats lived in holes underground.“No,” Henry, an adult man in his late forties, replied. “The rat ward is used to punish criminals. Those who did minor crimes get thrown in this ward. And the woke-rats will eat some of their body parts. The moment we step into their territory, they’ll attack us.”“Isn’t there any way we can negotiate with them?” Biskie asked.“They are all crazy rats that consume drugs on a daily basis,” Henry said. “Because of the recent war, these rats haven’t been fed in two days. And yet, they are not eating the wheat grains. You know why?”Biskie and Casey shook their heads.“Normal rats eat just about anything humans eat, even highly processed foods,” Henry explained, “but these rats avoid eating wheat as much as possible because they’re used to eatin
A day ago.Not far from the Tail Cave, there was an old, abandoned laboratory where Porcius was secretly recovering.“To think Dark Fang died… her powers were quite formidable, but it just means that these undead creatures are even more powerful,” he thought of the time when he roamed in the dark dungeon as the Plague Pig for years. “I went crazy not just from the poisons and injections I was given, but also because of demons possessing me. I couldn’t do anything about it. I thought that some mage could kill me, but nobody did. They were all too weak. They couldn’t even cut through to my bone. I lost hope, but then Myles showed up. He cleansed me of all the pestilences and impurities in my body. Guys like him are necessary for this world.”After all, not just anybody could have saved the Plague Pig. Even Porcius himself wouldn’t have done such a thing if he were in Myles’ shoes.“Still, it’s a pity that Dark Fang died. I was hoping to change this city by supporting her. With her out o
Hawkin’s intervention made life difficult for Shreya and Blue Dog, but then Porcius appeared out of nowhere and attracted the bees and butterfly officers. Porcius was a highly wanted criminal, so even Hawkins went after him.This gave an opportunity for Shreya and Blue Dog to hide.Both of them were wounded because of the woke-bees and butterflies. Blue Dog especially suffered swelling all over his arms.They came straight to the abandoned laboratory, which looked like a perfect spot to hide. Blue Dog went in first, whereas Shreya covered their tracks before entering the laboratory.“If we had kept fighting, we would have been in trouble,” Shreya said, clenching her fists. “The bees and butterflies… if I wasn’t running low on energy, I would have made mincemeat out of them!”She soon reached the main hall of the laboratory, but to her surprise, Blue Dog had already taken Elder John hostage.“There are people in the lab?” She was surprised.“You need treatment,” John said, looking at t