CLANG!
With the sound of the metal gate opening, the people who were playing chess stopped abruptly and stood up.
"Your lucky this time William!" Chuck the one-eyed old man, who thinks he could have won, stood up and collected all the chess pieces and handed it to William.
With black lines on his forehead, William was left speechless and accepted the pieces anyway. He then proceeded to return the chess board at the side.
"Oh? Captain is that the store?" Nyx asked his captain, he remembered why was his captain here in the first place.
"Yes and about time." The captain, who was ready to leave with disappointment, lifted his spirit up and was ready to go inside the store.
The gate was fully opened at last revealing a young man in his early twenties standing at the front of the store.
The store was a two-story house which was surrounded by a stone-like wall and an iron gate on the middle. With square like house, it's walls were painted with a light color. It also has a big sign on the middle of the second floor that says *SARI-SARI STORE*.
On the side of the store, still inside the walls, a bunch of chairs and tables, with unknown materials, can be seen. A meter and a half length of a black glass-like object was hung at the tip side of the store. Their were also empty glass bottles that was stacked neatly on the corner inside a box.
On the front of the store, a huge glass-like wall with the length that almost occupied the front and also with a height that almost reached the second floor. You can see a whole lot of stuff being displayed for the customers to point and choose what to buy.
"Captain we shou-." Just as Nyx suggested to his captain to let him go first, he suddenly felt a dangerous aura at his back.
"Ah! After two days of rest my store is finally opened. A new day to earn money, I hope it won't be that busy today, it's almost getting dar- ah never mind~." Just as Luis was hoping for a slow business for an early sleep he changed his mind as he saw what was happening outside his store.
Two figures at the front was standing, a young man wearing all black and dwarf with full body armor. This wasn't the thing Luis was speechless about but the people at the back was.
Yes, they were the group of men who was playing chess at the beginning and they are now positioning themselves like how a track and field athletes waiting for the countdown.
Just as Nyx turned his head back he suddenly felt a gust of wind passed by him. It took a few seconds for him to realized that it was those old men running, like how a group of titans of a popular anime chasing their prey.
"THOSE LIQUORS ARE MINE!!!" William, who was like kind an old grandfather, shouted like a madman and tried to pull anyone who was on his way.
"LET ME GO! I'LL BE THE FIRST INLINE!!!" Chuck, who was suddenly got pulled back, resisted and continued running.
"MY PRECIOUS RUM! I'M COMING!"
"HEY! WHO TRIPPED ME!?"
"DARN YOU!"
"NOOOO!!"
It was not just the two of them but all of the men tried to compete who will reached first, whether by pulling or using other tricks, as long they were the first on the line, everything is fine.
"A bunch of old drunkards!" With black-lines on his forehead, Luis hurriedly stood aside letting them passed by him.
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"HAHAHA! I'M FIRST!" The bald old man, who was on the first in line, proclaimed his victory over the resentment of others.
"THAT'S WHY YOUR BALD!"
"What's that got to do being bald!?" He was about to confront the one who called him bald but he realized it was a trap seeing the second-in-line eyeing his spot.