Chapter 258: Getting Personal, Lountain Citys Shame (1/2)
The man that emerged from the mist widened his eyes when he saw Rex and the others.
He looks surprised upon seeing Rex and the others, but his eyes then fall to the huge sack that is glowing with red light.
Rex looks at the man and realized that it's an old man,
The wrinkle on the old man's face can be seen clearly, his posture is not that great anymore, and upon closer look, the old man is wearing thin clothes.
'A civilian?', Rex thought with a frown.
”Ah! You must be the ones that volunteer to get the Vermillion Flowers”, the old man said with a smile, his grateful feeling can be seen through his genuine smile.
Hearing this, Adhara steps forward and replied, ”Yes, we're on our way to deliver this”
As she said that, Edward opened the glowing sack making the old man's eyes sparkle in shock, ”So many... With this much, the village will not be short on the flowers for a while”
But then, Edward asks curiously, ”What are you doing here alone? It's dangerous”
”I thought that I would help you guys out since my wife said that you're a foreigner, but turns out you don't need my help”, the old man replied before laughing warmly.
Hearing this, Rex and Adhara realized who the old man is.
Turns out the old man is the husband of the old woman both of them met before.
While they're talking, Rex and the others sensed a mutated bear running towards them and is filled with killing intent.
Adhara glances to the side and finds that it's just a brown one.
Not long after they all realized the mutated bear, the old man realized it too because of the trembling ground as the mutated brown bear approached.
”Quick! Let's run, I know a hiding spot”, the old man shouted hurriedly.
But with a flick of Adhara's hand,
SWOOSH!!
The mutated brown bear got engulfed by purple flames as its body slowly turns black, this catches the old man in surprise.
Adhara glance at the shocked old man before she said, ”It's okay, you're safe with us”
Hearing what Adhara said, the old man glance at her in surprise.
The old man then glances at Adhara's hand that is burning with purple fire before he looks back at Adhara who is smiling at him, then the old man's expression slowly changes.
Looking at the old man's expression, Adhara was confused.
She saw how the old man's friendly look turns slowly into anger as he glance at Adhara and the others with hateful eyes.
”All of you are an Awakened?”, the old man asks lightly.
Rex and the others nodded their heads as the old man's expression turns hideous.
With his trembling frail fingers, the old man points at the three of them hatefully before saying, ”You prideful filthy Awakened, We don't need your help!!”
”Sir, What's wrong?”, Edward asks in confusion.
The old man looks gentle and kind at first, but he suddenly turns like this in a blink of an eye.
”What's wrong? WHAT'S WRONG YOU SAY?!”, the old man shouted furiously, it's like Edward's question poked at the wrong side of the old man.
He then continues with his shaky voice, ”Don't act like an angel when you're not!”
”Why are you acting like this? We're just trying to help”, Adhara asks in confusion.
The old man steps back as Adhara tries to get closer, he then said, ”I can't believe my wife asks a favor from Lountain City's Awakened, the villagers don't need your help!”
Hearing this, Rex and the others frown.
”We're not Awakened from Lountain City, We're from Ratmawati City”, Rex replied with a frown.
In all of his time being an Awakened, Rex never knew that the origin of an Awakened matter until he meet with this old man.
From the old man's expression, he seems to hate Awakened from Lountain City.
The old man then frowns in confusion, ”Ratmawati City? How on earth the sacred Awakened come here, you're lying!”
Seeing that the old man is still suspicious of them, Edward takes out his identification.
”Y-You're not lying...”, the old man mumbles while looking at the identification.
After believing that Rex and the others are from Ratmawati City, the old man then bowed slightly before apologizing for his rude behavior before.
”It's okay, you don't need to apologize”, Adhara said while preventing the old man to bow.
While the old man and Adhara is exchanging small talks, Rex and Edward is frowning on the side in thought, ”Old man, Why do you hate the Awakened from Lountain City”
Edward also nodded his head, he too find it a bit odd.
Hearing this, the old man sigh before he then tells Rex and the others about the Awakened from Lountain City.
A moment later,
Rex and the others arrived at the village they saw before.
In front of the entrance of the village, Edward falls to his knees when he saw his car's headlights are already smashed to pieces.
”I'll pay for it, don't fret about it”, Rex said making Edward's eyes lit up.
Entering the village, Rex and the others also saw the same red light that decorates the place and now they know why the villagers use red light instead of the regular light.
The village is not so good judging by the place and condition.
Made of wood and stones, the village can't possibly fend off an attack from the mutated bears or even any other mutated animals living in this place.
”Is there a leader here? Or Village Head?”, Rex asks.
The old man then points at a humble house made of wood in the center and said, ”That's the village head's house, she's probably there”
Rex then told Adhara and Edward to help arrange the flowers in the village storage.
After that, Rex strides towards the village head's house under the villagers' curious gazes.
From Rex's inspection of the villagers, all of them are either old or still kids.
Rex didn't see even one capable adult man or woman in this village, 'These Awakened in Lountain City, let's see what they look like', Rex thought with a hint of bloodlust.