At the crack of dawn, the poor women and children were going to bathe in the streams, and the shepherds led out cattle to graze in the fields.
The jingling bells tied around the cows, buffaloes, and sheep brought Edgar out of his sleep and yawn from atop a tree branch. “Is it morning already?” he untied the rope around his waist, which was tied to the tree, so he wouldn’t fall during the sleep.
The previous night, he got freaked out after entering another’s room and the lady there freaked the hell out. He ran out through the window he had entered. Afterward, he chose a tree in the backyard to sleep because the tree where he regularly practiced pull-ups was on the front-end of the inn, so there was the possibility of the guards bothering him again.
Currently, the innkeeper’s wife was sin
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WHIT 44 - GROWING HEADCOUNT
Having worked in the fields, Edgar and Fabby knew exactly what they were getting themselves into, so they went in prepared. Wearing towels above their heads, full-sleeved shirts, and footwear, they came prepared to the job. The ragged clothes they wore gave off a strange smell because they applied perfume to it. The little perfume cost them three bronze coins. It was just too pricey, but they had no other choice, as they didn’t want to dirty their new clothes. And the perfume would last a few days, so it was worth it.As Fabby and Edgar wondered what kind of plants would grow in the heat of the late summer, they were taken to the buckwheat fields, which had mature seed crops grown in just eight weeks, waiting for them to harvest. They had never seen crops growing during such heat, so it was a mystery to them, until other workers told them that both earth and water were manipulated to fit the ne
WHIT 45 - THE TIDE HITS
About ten days later, on June 28th.In the morning, Edgar was near the counter, talking with the innkeeper. “We might extend our stay depending on how we do when the beast tide comes. So, can you keep our room reserved till then?”“I appreciate that you’re asking two days before your reserved limit reaches,” the innkeeper indifferently said, “but I’m afraid there are just too many customers that keep asking for rooms.” He then smiled cheesily.Edgar squeezed his lips. “So there’s nothing you can do?”The innkeeper shook his head and then smiled again. “But it should be okay. There are plenty of other places to stay in this town.”Edgar didn’t
WHIT 46 - BURDEN WAR
Just what was this Beast Tide?Why do the beasts come out of the woods and attack the town in such numbers? This wasn’t something that started recently, but it was a phenomenon that happened in numerous places in the world at different times of the year. However, the end of summer always stood out compared to others.People began to call this battle between humans and beasts as the Burden War, which was more than just a struggle for survival, more than just shedding blood.Many people had different theories as to what led to this war.With the scarcity of water, the beasts got distressed over the summer, and by the end of it, they would break mentally and seek the nearby communities for water.Summer was the time when t
WHIT 47 - NO STOPPING
Edgar’s heartbeat raised as he witnessed the cruelty and the wickedness of war. This no longer seemed like a simple war between mankind and beastkind. A violent, lawless war it was shaping to be.Even though he was yet to raise his sword and put it to use, a strange burden was already weighing his heart down.But that didn’t stop him from unsheathing his blades and arriving at the eight-limbed bear. His blade deflected an avalanche of claw attacks from its eight limbs.“Flowing Blade Floating Flower Arts…” to the shock of those who were watching, he slipped past its numerous attacks and got to its side.The big bear violently swept its arm at him.He hopped over its fast-moving arm, and a blinding swift horizontal swing of the blade followed
WHIT 48 - SHEEP'S BLOW
The sun almost sank down the horizon.A five-meter-tall elephant threatened to kill a group of defeated people by stomping over them, but Ashang appeared out of nowhere and landed on its neck and punched in its head with his cupped hands a few times, and the elephant crumpled to its feet and bled from its ears and moved no longer.“E-Even our spears couldn’t pierce that elephant’s skin, but he defeated it with his bare hands!”“As expected of one of the Four Masters, the First Master, Ashang! Thank you for saving our lives!”People tried to thank him but he roared in rage. “Shut up, you fools! You would’ve died if not for my interference. Don’t try to take on beasts that are out of your league! You didn’t come h
WHIT 49 - FAMILIAR FACE
A flock of over a hundred sheep poured into the town.“Those damned sheep…” Harley, the head of town guards, was watching the battle from the skies, and he didn’t like what he was seeing. A sparrow came from the side, but just as it got close enough, he shot it and blew its head off. “Let’s go, Keecha. We should lead those things to their graves.”His pet crow, Keecha, descended and flew over the houses. He warned the guards of the incoming threat with hand signals and also told them to guide the sheep in the path he showed.The guards then stood in the streets and blasted their pistols in unison and forced the sheep to change their direction. But even after the sheep were taken care of, the guards had to fight with other beasts such as mongoose, squirrels, rats, cats, snak
WHIT 50 - KILL OR BE KILLED
A rather small beast compared to the rest was giving a hard time to Edgar. It kept clawing him from every direction, while using other people and beasts’ bodies as springboards.“I can see it, but I can’t keep up with it,” Edgar frowned, for he could spot that one-meter-tall jackrabbit, but whenever he swung his blades, it somersaulted over the metallic weapons, or even sprang on top of those moving blades at times and dealt him deep cuts even though his body was shielded by Drive.It was evident that this jackrabbit got its eyes on him. It didn’t even have glowing eyes, yet it was so fast and nimble.After repeated failure, Edgar gave up on the idea of fighting it in his usual fashion as it didn’t feel like the time to compete with it. He used the ring and brought the crocodile&r
WHIT 51 - CLASH OF DRIVES
“Haaa!” Edgar took out the other sword and slashed it vertically at Russell. Russell blocked the blade with his forearm. Hard scales formed on his skin. And the blade couldn’t cut through it. Red energy then enveloped Russell’s whole body as he pushed Edgar’s blade away and headbutted Edgar in the chest. As Edgar got blown back, his foot smashed in Russell’s nose. Russell got sent packing up and backward more so than his opponent. Edgar landed on a table, and Russell stomped his feet on the wall, and both of them lunged at each other. BAM~~!! They met in a thunderous collision, and the shockwave sent Doce and all the nearby coins and tools flying away. <