Chapter 389: The Time He Waited and Took (2)
The sky and earth met, facing each other from opposite ends. Both longed for something by their side, so the sky and earth each forged a sword. This time, they had each other, so they didn’t need to cut themselves.
The sky struck his sword down toward the earth, and the earth raised his sword upward. Hundreds of strikes and parries were exchanged. From the wide gaps in the sky, wind poured out, while water gushed from the grand fissures in the earth.
The sky’s fragments were frozen in various moments: spring, summer, autumn, winter, polar night, white night, new moon, and full moon, while the cracked earth formed dozens of continents and tens of thousands of islands, each with their own unique ecosystem.
In honor of the birth of the climate, the sea, the seasons, and life, people named the moment of the second strike the Moon of Sword.
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An unexpected commotion erupted at Cafe Planetarium, the brunch cafe serving as the Lion Realm’s midway base. A thug with a Mohawk roughly grabbed the wrist of a fragile-looking woman. His tongue, which had a small, glinting piercing at the tip, flicked endlessly.
“Hehehehehe, climb the Tower with me, lady~”
The woman, who was wearing glasses, shrank back in fear, her shoulders hunched. “P-please stop...”
The thug laughed. He was relentless. “Don’t be like that. Let’s climb the Tower together~ Don’t just stay here~ Be more ambitious~ Let’s reach the hundredth floor with a strong will to become better. Mwahahaha~”
“Ugh... S-someone, please help me..."
Like a worker facing a boss who had assigned an unfair amount of workload, the woman sniffled and cried for help. Tragically, it seemed that no one in this Tower tried to help her. That injustice sparked a rage within a particular young woman, who had just been trying to eat in peace.
“Phew... Really? The world will never let me eat in peace.” The young woman, who had been eating with her trowel at her waist, stood up.