Climbing down the mountain took much less time because they took an almost straight path. So they arrived at the base after dawn.
There weren’t many birds there, but there were bits of trees and bushes here and there near the base.
But what caught their eyes was the fight between a two-feet-tall crow and a wounded man. He was desperately fighting for his life, but the crow was rather persistent. It had already eaten one of his ears and a finger.
Fabby was the first to react. She raised a pillar out of the nearest boulder and smashed the crow in its face from the side. The crow almost fell to the ground. After seeing the four new humans who arrived at the scene, it flew away in haste.
“Are you alright?” Fabby came to him in a hurry.
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WHIT 181 - THE MANTIS ZONE
The mantis zone was unlike other regions. Each tree was gigantic, and even the leaves of the trees were so big a few humans could sit on them, and they wouldn’t break. “Survival depends on working together,” Rengan kept talking while leading Edgar and others into the mantis zone. “If we want to reach Black Well, we have to stick together. So please watch my back.” “What’s he rambling about?” Tenzai shook his head and looked at the mantises that were standing on the leaves of the trees and were gazing right at them, or so it seemed. Seeing that it was humans, some of them drooped downward and started to sleep. “I-It looks like my information is correct,” Rengan’s heart speed lowered just a bit. “We just have to keep going without doing anything silly.” Though it seemed like they were walking casually, everyone was on high-alert. It was still unbelievable for both Edgar and Fabby that these mantises weren’t attacking them. Since they left Shushui mountain, they never came across a
WHIT 182 - THE KING
The mantises were everywhere, doing their things, which primarily involved making noises. Any child would discolor their pants if they were to be hearing such a noise, let alone be in the presence of such an overwhelming number of praying mantises.The five humans, however, seemed alright with walking through their midst, without lowering their heads or bending their spines, until they came across the king of the zone.The three-meter-tall praying mantis, the king of all the local mantises, just happened to be passing by. And all the nearby praying mantises had their antennas lowered in their king’s presence.“That must be the king…” Rengen hurriedly said as the mantis king’s attention turned to the humans. “Lower your heads.”&
WHIT 183 - BLACK WELL
In the northern end of the mantis zone, dozens of mantis brought five people on top of leaves and dropped them off there on top of a hill next to a river and then left.The five people were none other than Fabby and Co.Tenzai was tossing away lots of dead ants, rats and rabbits from his storage space. These were all given to them by the mantises for winning against their king. Dropping them off at the northern end was an extra service.“Though we’ve wanted to head north-west, they brought us to the northern side,” Fabby said. “That means we don’t have to visit the Black Well.”“Actually if my estimation is correct, then the Black Well is not far from here,” said Rengen. “If you want Black Turmeric, we can get it ther
WHIT 184 - LADY WOLF
“I heard that the Black Well’s guard is a grandmaster,” Rengen said. “There’s just no way for us to steal before his eyes. Not even one gram.”“So the black turmeric grows inside the well, huh…” Fabby looked quite surprised. “Now I understand why that old fellow was sitting on top of it.”“These wolves he spoke of… you think they’re humans?” Rengen asked.“Most likely... They are sect members hunting others.““Why would a grandmaster allow such a thing in his presence?” Rengen wondered.“That’s not what we should be worried about,” Fabby was feeling tense. “Had the mantises not brought us in a different direction, what would have happened to us?”Rengen was startled upon hearing that. He totally forgot that they were supposed to come from the direction they were heading toward now.“We would have been ambushed,” Gossini said, her eyes oozing out coldness.When Tenzai heard that, he came to a decision. “If they’re really ambushing people who’re coming here for safety, then I have all t
WHIT 185 - THE WOLF TRIO
As the lightning spear tore its way through the flying swan and came to him, Edgar stepped to the side and let the spear strike the soil. After all, if he were to catch it, his hand would get burned. There was no need to go through that pain at least for the time being.As the crooked-faced lady was falling along with the swan, two more swans flew into their view, with two riders on them. One of those riders, a tall muscular man in his thirties, caught the lady safely. And then they fearlessly landed in front of Fabby and Co.Now that they were close, Fabby and others could see their faces clearly.One of them was Mazi Seconds, a tall muscular man in his thirties; he was carrying a shield on his back. The second was Dawa Ramen, a crooked-faced lady with a bow and arrow. The third one was Hiba Quinn, an extremely sho
WHIT 186 - THE WHIP
Edgar’s blade was at Dawa’s throat.With the head blown to bits, there was a dead body lying a few feet away from them. Though Dawa didn’t answer him how she did it, he realized that she took out a dead body from her storage space at the last second and used it as a shield.“Surrender, or the cutting continues,” Edgar bluntly said.“I won’t forgive you…” she started to scratch the ground with her right hand like she was going mad. “I won’t forgive you…” Suddenly, metallic spikes protruded out of her skin on her arm and blasted out in his direction.Edgar released drive, but the needle-like spikes penetrated his drive and pierced his body at many places. Luckily, they couldn’t pierce through his bone. Still, twelve spikes were lodged into his body. He grunted in pain, but then released excess drive and pushed the needles out of his body. Thin streams of blood flowed out of the holes. But the arrow in his shoulder was still there. He had to pull it out with his hand.Dawa’s body was c
WHIT 187 - THE SHIELD
Tenzai was fighting Mazi Seconds.Mazi was comfortably blocking all of Tenzai’s punches and kicks, and his shield was still on his back.And Mazi eventually had enough of it, “You have neither speed nor strength. If there is nothing else to show other than simple punches and kicks, allow me to show you my shield.” He took the shield off his back and slammed in Tenzai’s fist.BUDUM~~!!A shockwave released upon impact and Tenzai got blown back. Though he managed to land on his feet, he was left in shock and puzzlement because his ears were bleeding.Mazi smiled. “You have no idea what’s happening, do you? Know this. As long as I have this shield, even inner disciples will find it extremely hard to be able to defeat me.”Tenzai’s head was still mildly spinning. (Just what happened? I hit the shield, and I got sent back? And I’m bleeding, too?) “Where did you get your hands on such a treasure?”“A dying person doesn’t need to know,” he struck the base of the shield in the ground, and it
WHIT 188 - FOUR ON ONE
Before the smoke and dirt settled, Edgar attacked Mazi. He successfully landed his blade on Mazi’s chest, but to his surprise, his blade was repelled, forcing Edgar to move a few steps back.“Sonic Sphere!” a sphere of energy enveloped the neighborhood. Edgar felt like his ears were penetrated by a strange noise, and it uneased him. “Close!” The sphere shrank toward Edgar. He hastily sent some slashes at Mazi, but the sphere didn’t stop, and by the time it shrank, Edgar was bleeding through the ears and nose.A high-frequency sound erupted, and Edgar was lifted off his feet upon receiving the full impact of it. He coughed up more than a mouthful of blood. (Ugh! My ears! What the hell is this noise? I can’t hear anything!)Mazi pointed his finger at Edgar. “Fire—”Gossini snuck into his view and slashed her leg diagonally from bottom right. “Sky Splitter!”A flying slash of curving water erupted and struck him head-on from the ribs up to the top right of his face. The hot concentrated