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25. Kindness
What Shaden didn't expect was that his very first act of kindness would happen just as he was leaving the presidential palace.As they stepped out, a few children were sitting on the front lawn of the presidential palace with weapons in their hands. Judging by their uniforms, they were members of a judo team. Perhaps that was also why they had managed to survive this long.“Are we just going to walk past them?” Leah asked.Shaden was silent for a moment before walking toward them. Without saying a word, he sat down, confusing both his comrades and the children.“Do you not have any guardians?” he asked.There were four of them—three boys and one girl whose hair was in complete disarray. Her messy haircut caught Shaden’s attention.“We were at training when the first mission started. We don’t know if our parents are still alive or not,” one of them replied.Based on the belt the boy was wearing, Shaden could tell he was the strongest of the four.“And you’ve survived by helping each ot
25. Skill
"It feels uncomfortable because so many people have been staring at us for a while now," said Leah.Shaden, who was lying down with his eyes closed, had only intended to listen to the conversation between Leah, Tery, and Ricky."I'm sorry. I was really careless and didn’t listen to what Shaden said. It turns out those people didn’t want to put in any effort at all after receiving our help. Some even came back, claiming their food had been taken by another group," Tery whispered.Shaden's lips curled into a slight smile, which he hid behind his arm. It wasn’t actually difficult to find more food, considering the frog and grasshopper habitat behind the presidential palace was quite abundant. But as Shaden had previously said, he wanted Tery—who was older than him—to start thinking more apathetically. Helping others wasn't wrong, but not everyone had the decency to repay kindness like Ricky did. Most were just shameless, relying on or taking advantage of others' generosity."I didn’t mea
24. Food
"Why are they taking so long just to catch frogs and grasshoppers? More and more people have been coming to this place for a while now."Tery felt uneasy, as people suddenly began showing up out of nowhere and settling near their spot. It wasn’t that Tery lacked confidence in her ability to fight them off—she just couldn’t do that while protecting Dion at the same time. That’s why she had kept asking Dion not to look around or pay attention to the groups that had started arriving, and to stay quiet."Should we catch up with Dad and Shaden?" Dion asked.Tery shook her head. "If we leave this spot, people will immediately take over. Especially since Shaden already built a campfire. They've been eyeing this place ever since—they're struggling to make a proper fire themselves."Tery had watched earlier as Shaden effortlessly built a fire using scattered branches and some kind of flame skill he possessed. Seeing how hard everyone else was struggling to make one, she realized that what Shad
23. Forage
"Isn’t your expression a bit too different from everyone else’s? Some people even kept throwing up long after they crossed that damn bridge," Shaden asked.Ever since he reached the end of the bridge, his teammates had already been waving at him with cheerful faces. Shaden was glad to see it—though, that kind of expression wasn’t something anyone else around here had worn recently."Whoa! Did you hear that? Shaden just cursed," Tery whispered.Leah responded, "And yet his face looks like a little boy hurrying home before 9 PM."Shaden merely rolled his eyes at the two women’s comments."It really wasn’t easy, Shad. Even I, the one you assumed had strong mental resilience, couldn’t bear the weight of those painful memories. I could barely stand," Ricky admitted with a bitter smile.Judging by Ricky’s puffy face, it seemed he had also gone through a memory so intense it shattered even his mental strength."Everyone has painful memories they’d rather forget. And when they’re forced to fa
22. The Bridge's end
Leah's Side"Are you stupid? How could someone with skills like yours get accepted into a company and last this long? Even an intern could do better than you! Is your only strength being so nice to others that you look like a fool?"Leah couldn’t even open her mouth to defend herself, even though she desperately wanted to. It all felt so real, even though she knew full well this was just a hallucination.“Wow! Mr. Dany is amazing! How could you make such an impressive presentation in such a short time? You're a genius!”“Haha! You’re definitely my most delightful subordinates. Don’t go home just yet! I’m treating you all to a nice dinner.”Leah’s fists clenched. That was the presentation she had prepared, even losing sleep over it. When she submitted it, Dany said her sources were unreliable and unfit for use, and told her to redo it. Yet, it turned out he had taken her presentation and claimed it as his own.“Ugh! That happened a year ago, and it still disgusts me.”Leah closed her e
21. New Weapon
At a glance, this old and massive tree seemed like just another withered trunk waiting for its final fall. But no one knew that this tree had the ability to hide legendary weapons once owned by great heroes."You're the one being insolent and disrespectful to a guest bearing a message," Shaden said calmly.He then pulled the scythe embedded in the tree’s trunk. "Have you lost your valuable instincts just because you're old? You must've sensed the sacred power left by Mikael, yet you still choose not to believe me."For a moment, the tree in front of him didn’t move. Then, the branches that were touching Shaden’s body suddenly withdrew."How… How did you find my master's weapon? Who are you really?"Shaden smiled. "I already told you—I’m Mikael’s messenger. Didn’t Mikael once say that only the one who could find his scythe and bring it to you would be worthy of receiving his other relics?""That…" The tree appeared conflicted, seemingly unwilling to hand over the item Shaden mentioned.
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