"Get your sister to her bed, Maru." Olivia said to her son. After ten minutes of crying, she saw her daughter had fallen asleep already. Her position was quite uncomfortable as her knees were alighted in the hard wood of her brother's makeshift bed. Maru perfectly mirrored her situation.
"Okay, mom." Maru answered his mother. His voice was hoarse from crying so much. He went around his mother's cot and lifted Uwyn. Although he was thinner than his sister, that doesn't mean that he was weaker. His year in the slums, hiding and running away from the bullies, had raised his strength as well as his physical endurance. Maru even felt stronger now since Madame Ais had healed him. Uwyn weighed like feathers in his arms.
"Can you tell me what happened, Maru? Why were you two cryi
"Thank you, Maru." Olivia whispered while her son was hugging her after she cried for about two minutes. Both rarely had the opportunity to talk but that does not mean that the love they felt inside was any lesser. She thanked the heavens that she was given a son like Maru. Her husband may have left her. But he also left behind two wonderful gifts. Her children were her life now. They were the ones that sustained her to fight this sickness."I have something for you, mom." Maru said in reply to his mother. He disengaged from the hug and a basket appeared out of thin air between them. Her mom wasn't aware of the magical thing before her. She only saw her son reached for something in his front and then a bottle magically materialized atop his outstretched hand."So it's rea
"Yes we will, Uwyn. Not tomorrow, okay? But someday, we will." Maru replied to his sister. He knew that being isolated out here in the wilderness was not good for them. They can live here indefinitely but that would also mean that they could not relate with other people. Uwyn misses her friends and even if she doesn't show it, she misses the city very much. Even though life was still hard there, at least she could have fun with children her age and play until sunset. That was why she cried so much when they left the city before."You promise!?" Uwyn asked her brother immediately. Her hope of coming back into the city was renewed after she heard Maru's words. She wanted to know how her friends were by now and if they were missing her also. What she felt was the intense longing of returning to their home. It was also home here. But their home ins
"Thank you and goodnight, Madame Ais! Talk to you tomorrow, okay?" Maru said to the system when he could think of no more things to do. He finally let sleep take him away into the land of dreams after he saw that his world energy did not amount to a thousand. Hopefully tomorrow he could already buy the Armor Fabricator for Uwyn and his mother, was Maru's last thought."Affirmative, Maru." Madame Ais replied to its host. But her words were no longer heard by Maru. Only a child's snore resounded inside the modest hut."Activating System Defense Mode…1%2%
"Shall we send a team to find them, chief?" a one eyed bandit who stood uneasily reported to a man who was seated on a big wooden throne. The chair was too big for his size but the man sat there as if he commanded the low lives under all of heaven."How long had they been gone, One Eye?" the man asked his subordinate. He never looked at him but continued to stare at the goblet he was holding. The dark robe he wore intensified the mysterious effect that he projected towards his lone audience."Almost three hours already, chief." One Eye Rodrek answered to his chief, Sakar. He was one of the few bandits who earned nicknames in their camp. Only the strange and the strong were granted the honor of having one. Thus, he was quite proud of his accomplishment. His name One Eye Ro
"What are those, master?" Chief Sakar asked towards the masked expert. He saw metallic braces same as what he noted on the silent companion of the boy. They were inside a magical sack that materialized with only a wave of a hand. This most probably came from a storage ring, he thought."As I said, it is a gift from the master. You may address me as Mistress Ais. Get one and put it on your neck, mortals." The masked boy replied to the enquiry of Chief Sakar."You heard Mistress Ais. Do it!" Chief Sakar shouted and a line formed to enact the command of their new superior. The fatal deterrence of the powerful assured a silent assent to the collection, both bandits and slaves. A total of 321 people."Yo
"Build a teleportation matrix at this position." Madame Ais instructed a newly purchased Builder Bot."Affirmative. Estimated time of completion 30 minutes." the Builder Bot replied in its mechanical voice. Madame Ais spoke no further and went out into the cold evening. Two familiar bandits stood guard outside the property. They neither made a sound or took even the slightest of movements. Both just looked alert and gazed unblinkingly into every direction. Like timeless sentinels on an immortal's castle. And when they saw Madame Ais step on air and receded from their vision, their countenance never changed. Even a bit of stimulus was not shown."How much world energy can this construct gather, Builder Bot 1?" Madame Ais asked when she arrived at an artificial underground
"Yeyyyyy! Wohhhooooo!" Uwyn yelled in an excited voice. She rode a mystical beast the resembled a horse with no wings but flew high above the clouds."Be careful, Uwyn! Don't move around that much!" Maru quickly chastised his sister. His magical beast took the form of a dragon but only reflected the size of Uwyn's summoned being. These amazing creatures were from the Automaton Factory that Madame Ais constructed five days earlier."Let's go down." Maru said after only 30 seconds of flying. They could have arrived earlier but his sister requested that they fly more as she enjoyed the feeling of touching the clouds freely."Welcome young master and young miss! I am Mirthal, a loose cultivator. How can
"Okay, Uwyn. But let me just get these boxes first." Maru said and was planning on doing something but was cut off by Uwyn's voice."Let me! Let me! I'll do it, brother!" were the enthusiastic words of Uwyn. She touched a ring on one of her fingers and the boxes suddenly vanished from their static placements."An interspatial ring!" Mirthal gasped inaudibly as he witnessed the abrupt disappearance of the boxes. These two were definitely from the major sects or the ancient families in this continent. Either of those was not one to be offended. They were the top influences that held supreme power in these lands, the true rulers on this piece of earth. He stood even more respectful towards Maru and Uwyn.