The night time has arrived yet the city becomes more bursting than usual with the release of something called lamp and lighter from Diana clan. With the new flow of daily life necessary goods spread through the city, the citizen of Sun city started to welcome a new age of technology that they don't even know how it all begins. Yet, not everyone in the city is happy with these changes. Many people try to figure out how these things were made.
Every disassembles will become a scrap object, they are many problems that occurred during this period. A blacksmith just had a taste of the battery which made him puke till his face turn blue, this is just a small case. The bigger one is the imitation from the fake goods which cause not a small amount of damage to the sale from Diana's clan itself.
"We cannot continue like this, even though the sale is good but with those bastards damage our reputation, it is only a matter of time before the blame falls on our head." Mazaque Diana, the old man in Diana's clan currently holding a secret meeting within the clan itself. Rosa who also joins with her absent mind that causes many to shake their head in regret. These days besides managing the production line, she rarely talks to anybody. They don't know when it is all started, but anybody who dares to cause such thing to their little princess will receive the wrath of these old-foxes.
The following discussion is to solve the problem with the fake products and for their future step to make. After everything settles, there is only Rosa left behind by herself within the room. Mazaque Diana's look back before shaking his head with frustration. 'You damn little bastard! Don't you dare to come back!'
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"Ahh! Ahcheeze!" William sneezes pretty hard all of a sudden, the sneeze also wake-up Nacorn, and Carone whose complexion become ugly again. It is pretty cold recently even within the cave because of the heavy wind still blowing inside easily from the outside.
"What is the meaning of these William? Even though we are not friends nor relatives, but we always tried our best to defend you. We whole hearty appreciate your knowledge and wisdom, but what do we get in return? Betrayal!" Carone who just awake from his stupor, bash out his unwillingness toward William without even looking at Benak who sleeps soundly beside him.
Nacorn also has an ugly appearance before he notices the snored sound from Benak. His small eyes enlarge with a disbelieving expression that could be seen by naked eyes.
Nacorn kicks a few times on Carone's leg to signal him to calm down, yet, he received a bashful curse instead. "You become cathood with him, too."
"Look beside you, Carone. Who is sleeping there so soundly?" Nacorn point at a corner beside the cave where Benak's snored could be heard. He does not want to believe it, but after pinching his hand a few times that this is not a dream, he finally remembers Carone still bashfully cursing their savior.
"I don't have time to look for something unnecessary." Carone red eyes look at William without even blinking. If there is no big bear spirit beast beside William, Carone might already jump at him.
"Cannot speak anymore? Do you also have shame within yourself? Huh, I said stop poke me around." Nacorn speechless with how Carone behaves, it was as his entire family killed by William.
"Carone, don't blame me for being a bit blunt." Nacorn slap Carone after saying that, when his hand land on Carone's cheek, it was also that moment when Carone's head face the direction of Benak sleeping location. Carone choking voice could be heard instead of angry reprimand back to Nacorn.
"William, why don't talk back to him? Don't you feel angry about something like this?" Nacorn finds it hard to understand this young man more and more. Although his complexion expression becomes less than before, yet, he is still ashamed for his behavior from last time.
"You can at least hit me so that I could feel more relief." Nacorn does not feel better than Carone because of his action early.
"Why would I do that?" Toward their surprise, the answer from William, makes them feel even worse.
"You have lost your family member so that is the feeling of being lost someone you love dearly. Why should I blame him or you? If I were in your shoes, I might be blind with hatred." William already grips his hand hard, if someone looks closely they will also seeing snake-like lines appear strongly over his gripping hands. He does not want to experience grief anymore, it was as his soul has experienced who knows how many times already.
"..." The situation becomes awkwardly tranquil.
'If you don't want to lose someone you care deeply, work hard on your cultivation.' White sight voice echo over William's head. This time is considered lucky with Rosy being with them, but what about next time? No one knows what the future might hold.
'How can I improve it? I could not even complete this mission by now.' William's headache occur again when he thought about his mission that needs to find a spirit soil. It takes nearly two months without even single news for it. They even ventured into a deadly zone. How can he feel better?
'Oh! About that, I have good news for you. I feel the existence of the spirit soil nearby, but there is something amiss there.' White drake could a feeble existent of the spirit soil, but there is something that seemed to cover that area.
'What are we waiting for then?' William's face becomes blossom like a flower in the park. He could finally return back if everything goes well.
'You cannot go now, it is better to wait till everyone prepared. I mean your party members to restore their strength.' White drake already pulled Rosy into the pocket dimension after bringing Benak from his dead door.
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Not only Benak who has had receive blessing from his poison, but Carone also received a blessing in disguise from this experience. Even though Carone appearance does not change much from his initial appearance, but from the expert eyes, he would surprise toward this sibling body constitutes changing.
"How do we bait the last lizard that defends the white lotus?" After many attempts, the corps of the death lizards' spirit beast could be seen laying around the vicinity of the cave. Benak who just wake up a few days ago, become the one who baited all most every lizard to their death door. His agility body moves faster than Nacorn at least two times, as for Carone's body become so flexible like a silk thread. Their surprise looking at each other, while swearing themself to answer every call from William.
"The hard-working will come with the fruitful basket. After many attempts, there seemed to be no more little lizards to defend the red lotuses yet the snow-white lotus definitely has their boss to guard it and it seems tomorrow noon time will be the time for it to bloom. I don't know what kind of treasure will appear at the core of that lotus." William compliments everyone about their hard-working these few days without resting.
"Tonight, everyone has to rest well. We need to recover our full strength before the battle tomorrow."
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