Edgar woke up, only to find himself in a pool of mud. He could feel that he was being healed by fish that were swimming in the mud and were nibbling at his skin.At first sight, it might look like they were eating him, but they were actually taking away the negative energy from his body, though he was not able to feel that.Edgar tried to grab one of those fishes, but they turned into pure mud, pleasantly surprising him.He looked at Fabby who was sitting in the distance, by the cliff. “What are these fishes, sis?”“Elder Gavin made them with his drive. He said they can suck away impurities from your body and make you stronger,” Fabby explained. “He said even your drive will get smoother and faster afterward. Also, the negative effect the beast cores have on our bodies can also be reversed, or so he said.”“Such a thing is possible with drive?” Edgar was both surprised and doubtful. “These fish are biting me, but I don’t feel any pain.”“Yeah. Just stay there until all those fish are

Alice, a member of the Ayss family which was one of the twelve supreme families, was quite surprised that Edgar has managed to escape from her attack.“Interesting. He’s worthy enough to become a slave. Should I keep him from the impending disaster? Or should I just kill him?“No, part of his body has already been frozen by my ice, so it’s unlikely that he might survive. But if he does survive, then I’ll think about whether I should kill him or keep him as my slave.“I’m sure I’ll meet him soon enough if he does manage to survive.”She put on her clothes and was walking away.A beast that looked like an ogre was coming to the river, but upon seeing Alice, it drooled and ran on all fours toward her.“You damn beast,” Alice blew air through her mouth, and the giant ogre-like being was completely frozen. “Even if you were a hundred times stronger, you won’t be able to eat me.”She flicked her finger, sending needle-like ice shards which broke the frozen ogre into hundreds of pieces.“Wher

Edgar returned to where Fabby was.She was busy building castles with mud. He spooked her from behind, which made her fall face-first into the mud.Edgar burst into laughter so much his stomach hurt. He even rolled on the ground.Fabby got angry and threw mud balls at him.Edgar kept rolling around and dodged them.Fabby created earthen chains and caught Fabby. Then she struck him with mudballs, making him cry out loud, telling her to stop.Only after hitting him with a dozen balls, then smearing his face with mud, she stopped.“Don’t startle me like that again,” Fabby said.“Heh,” Edgar still smirked. “It was actually your fault.”“My fault? How is that my fault?”“You should have stayed vigilant,” he retorted. “What if it was an enemy in my place?”Fabby frowned.“Also…” Edgar told her what happened when he went to the river.“What?” Fabby was shocked. “You were almost frozen to death. How can these people attack us outside the competition? And they’re the ones who came to our sect.