Rumble !!
In the dark sky, a loud thunder echoed, couple with the raging oceon bellow, making this scene not suited for fishing.
" Tsk..this wheater...". Bryan remarked and get inside his house. Closing the wood door, he undress his leather coat. After tidying his hunting equipment and other his goods, do what to do, like cleaning his house, and other thing. He seated, watching the heavy rain outside his small window.
" One...two.." he counting every streak of lighting that come from the dark sky, and the one that he's can't see, he ignore it.
Whale Island, an island in the middle of ocean, in the middle of it, located a Whale Vilage, following its own island name. Five or six meter tall wooden gate, making a big circle protecting the vilager property and their house. On the south of the vilage, padi field with its still green leaf, covering almost half of the land in vicinity.
Other than hunting and farming, the Whale vilager, do a fishing too, especially for a night. But looking at the bad wheater, all of the vilagers, already inside their house, there are some with their family, friends, and realtives, eating dinner and dringking for the elders.
Excluding for the house in the east of vilage, almost mistaken for a guard house, the east wall of the vilage already combined with the wall of the house. Even though this wood house have no different characteristics from other houses, wood wall, and tiles roof, it's still making it a special.
Only an adult can live for their own without need of companion, its the basic belief that known, or its norm. But when a 5 years old kid living on their own, without needing an externel help from the adult, the norm have to think twice.
" 98..99..100 ". Bryan keep counting, but when the numbers reached an hundred, the sound of thunder outside stoped. After that he's stand up, wear his usual leather coat and get outside.
Whale vilage is not big, with a population of more than two hundred. With only two gate that lead to outside, at the south and the north. After passing through the wood house that still have light in it, Bryan reached the south gate.
" Bryan, carefull out there ". When seeing Bryan nearing the gate a guard in his thirty yelled at him. Equiped with leather armour and iron sword, coupled with the scar in his right face its trully look intimading. But his voice full of concern for Bryan making the scarry face gone.
" Okey uncle Nyk " Bryan said, and without stoping he keep walking. Exited the vilage, without looking back he keep going, until his silhouette gone, covered by the woods and the dark night.
" Sigh....a brave kid indeed ! ". With a tender smile in his face, Nyk remarked, after getting this guard job, he always saw Bryan alone, including farming and hunting, for feeding himself. Making a warm spot inside his heart, but not toward his son at his side.
" Hmp!...useless!!, if you can't give me a grandson next year, leave my house ! ". Nyk yelled at the youth at his side, despite have same feature, the conscience is world apart.
" Dad....will you be dead if you stop yelling at me?, its embarassing! ". His son's quietly remarked toward his father, but with the laughing sound of their collegues, its useless.
East of island, after entering the woods, Bryan keep going for a while, and after making sure of he's not followed, he come back toward to where he come from. The Vilage.
Seeing the distant south gate, he move toward the wall that have no guards atop it. He touched the hard wood wall, and touch the mark that he's leave, and began to counting in his mind. The hand that previously sliding at the wall abruptly fall to the ground, without any sound, he dig for a 1 meter.
With this night that hinder his vision, and not to make any sound or commotions why he's not go to his ussual hunting time, he slowly took a round grey rock from the ground.
A peeble size rock, after covering it with the already prepair rag, he's put it inside his cloths. Howsoever he do to it and sure that its will not fall, he's close the hole and resume his walk, toward deeper woods.
Atop the wall, Nyk and his friends conversing about their own daily life. Laughing when necessary and silent when the other guy tell his sad story. All in all, its their everday routine.
" Mm?...hoho,...this time you get lucky, don't you ? ". One of the guard remarked, after that like a chain reaction, all the guards " Good heavens ! ".
At the clearing in fronts of the woods, with his every heavey step, Bryan pulling a wood cart. Atop the wood plank were a big white boar, and its husk big eneough to make a bone bracelet.
" Bryan! need a help? ". Nyk yelled atop the wall, except for him all the other guards have a sly smile in their face. Expecting for something that not their's.
" Its allright, i can do it my selft, later on i give five pound of this meat to you ". Bryan raise his head smiling and said. When he reached the open gate, with the white boar at his back, and the rolling wood wheel, he keep moving foward, toward his home.
After this bad wheater, five of from his six trap is ruined. Excluding the sixth ones, he's got this boar, larger than him.
Whale Island is a big land mass, with years of despite living in this island, the elders know little about intricacies of this place. Animals, that evolved to this white boar is norm.
Moving toward his home back yard, Bryan put down the heavy cart. A smile emerge in his face when he's see the big white boar.
After that, he entered his house, a while later he come out with two knife, one small and the other one is big. ' With this meat, i will not go to hunt for two day at leats...'
Bryan, use a small knife to cut in the middle of the boar, with a smooth action he put his hand inside when a small opening large enough for his hand to enter.
When the small hand come out, a shining white pearl already in his grip. White light pulsating, gently from the round ball of white.
" Hmm?...this guy already in a peak stage of Rank 1 White Beasts....a pity indeed ". Bryan remarked in a gaze full of pity toward the beast, but his hand not stoping even a second for disecting the boar.
When an animals evolved, they will turn into a beasts. Like this White Boar, its a normal boar at first but, after accumulating enough mana toward their body, a mana core will be formed. White Mana Core is the weakest among any beasts that evolved. Of course, rank 1 White Beasts is the first evolution tree for them.
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> Ding! 100% have been completed! Welcome new user ! <
The moment when he stoped working, and play the mana core. A voice echoed in his head. With a simple action, Bryan take the big sword and ready himselft for a combat position.
There are saying in this island " Dead Meat not welcomed, except it it edible ". Its means, as long as we have our limbs, train hard now and tomorrow? All the meat is yours. Although its confusing, at first, Bryan get the meaning behind it.
After waiting for a while, and no one beside him excluding the meats and the hanged skin of the white boar, no movement in his surrounding, only the torch movement in this dark night.
" Okey...show yourselft intruders? ". He's remarked slowly.
> Ding ! Affirmative ! <
When the voice of his head ended, with still in attacking position, Bryan fall. Landing hardly on the ground, his vision slowly going blank.....
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