Chapter 1 Daniel (1/2)
Chapter 1 Daniel
In a big prairie, stands an enore enough for a sroup of men, had it been hollow, to hide inside it Dozens of differently sized branches grew froht of at least three hundred hest point Each of the tree's branches split into hundreds of leaf covered twigs Its foliage was thick, with colors that spanned froressive roots spread fordeeply into the dry leaves covered soil
Inside the thick foliage, on a small branch which still sized half aman His physique was very lean, almost underfed His black hair stuck to his sweaty face and hung down the sides of his head, as he leaned forward and tried to reach with his arhtly to his sweaty body like a second skin
Grunts andyet thin fingers hung in the air, just centi fruit
”Coer, as drops of sweat streaht nose, and his skin explored every shade of red it can possibly turn into
For a few long er tried all he could to reach the fruit, but due to the sheer massive size of the tree, no other branch was closer to it than he already was Unfortunately, the there the fruit was hanging, was too sliht
It is important to understand that this wasn't a simple fruit, as this wasn't a simple tree
The people of Phyrri naend that surrounded it This legend clai hand would coift for that person
This gift was a fruit of the size of a grapefruit Its skin was smooth and shi+ny, yet the color was odd No matter from which side one looked at it, the center would always look red, while the external part was yelloith a strange shi+ne to it It looked as if soainst the back of the fruit
According to the elderly, this fruit had h even they were unsure of what those effects were due to the lack of people who ed to obtain it for hundreds of years, they still remeer generations did
This h the whole Karalis kingdoirls used to travel fro of The Catering Tree Unfortunately with the passage of ti else to the people who came to visit it so, as it was now, the tree's poere either considered just a legend, or a natural power that had been lost in time
This never stopped people that heard this story froreed, yet none of theain the approval of the tree and earn one of its gifts, a person's intention had to be judged by the tree Sadly, nobody reer's had approached this tree, he didn't do it with the intention of obtaining the tree's gifts He had of course heard of theTree', so after he had noticed the fruit hanging fros, he decided to take it, and use it to extinguish a debt A debt which his deceased mother had passed down to his when she died, the day he turned ten
This debt forced him to pay ten silver coins at the end of each month, in order to keep his freedoe and his incapability of working, he ended upthe wealthy wouide or to carry their bags as they , and he had always been agile and fast enough to escape whenever he got caught Unfortunately, his luck ran out when he stole fro person
The unspoken rules between pickpockets were only a few
Never steal frole person, and finally, Never get caught
That unfortunate day, he had ed to break two of the three rules within a uard captain was siuard, one had to have reached the rank 4 of martial cultivation, which allowed thee in the weight they were carrying, was h to alert a rank 4ro, a city weeks of travel away fro valuables froh, th and endurance, and this particular one was no exception So, thanks to his dexterity, he was able escape But not before the captain of the guard had ood look at his face, and reported hiuards
For weeks, he was forced to roam the streets with an extra layer of worry whenever he saw the shi+ne of arh money for the monthly payment
The person he owed the money to was a brutal one His mother, left without alternatives after the death of her husband, had to ask for a loan from a man her husband was acquainted with, but for reasons she didn't know
The man turned out to be the owner of a shady hotel that dealt in drugs, prostitution and ga one of her payments, she had learned that, in case shea slave along with her children This lead to her working herself to death, and the debt to be inherited by her son and daughter