88 Purpose (1/2)

Next day before the sun rose, Allen and Edwin continued their travels.

Allen turned around to Edwin and saw the latter looking sleepy. He asked, ”Did you just use all of your internal energy?”

”No, I didn't get to sleep.”, Edwin said. He was yawning from time to time as they transversed through the forest.

Suddenly, he tripped to the ground because of an exposed tree root.

”Take a rest. We can travel the next day instead.”, Allen approached Edwin and reached out his hand to help him up.

However, Edwin refused Allen's hand and said, ”I can stand up by myself.” He did stand up on his own and he started to yawn again.

Afterwards, they continued their journey; but not a long time passed when Edwin stepped in a hole. Allen reacted on time and pulled Edwin up before his legs even entered the hole.

”You are just dragging me down. Let's go to a clear space so you can sleep.”, Allen said again.

”N-...”

”You can't refuse. If this keeps on for much longer, you can get killed by your lack of vigilance. Although you're that powerful already, you still need to sleep, even magicians at the level of Adept still take a rest during night.”, Allen crossed his hands.

”I... okay, I'll sleep.”, Edwin stopped being stubborn and agreed.

Later on; they found a spot where there weren't many plants that could damage the tents and rebuilt one there.

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”What are you going to do?”, Edwin asked.

”Obviously, I'll guard you.”, Allen sat down under a tree and took out a book with a small symbol of a parasol tree under a book, both of which were made of pure gold.

On the other hand, Edwin lied down in the tent and thought, 'I must not sleep, I must not sleep...' With his repeating thoughts, he was still alert of his surroundings.

Suddenly, he abruptly sniffed the air and noticed that something smelled so relaxing and calming. A few seconds later, he was already snoring.

Allen closed the book he was reading and returned it in the satchel, then pulled out his curved sword and closed in on Edwin's tent.

When he was a few steps away from the tent, he turned his head around to a different direction, and rushed towards to where he was looking.

...

Edwin stretched his body and yawned. He slightly opened his eyes, but it became wider and he hastily sat up.

”I-I slept?”, Edwin rubbed a side of his head. He searched around the tent and spotted some sort of burnt leaves. He sniffed the leaves and found out its scent was the last aroma he sensed before sleeping.

Without thinking any further, he concluded that it was Allen who owned and burnt them. He was an alchemist, it was not that farfetched for him to have some in stock.

”I'm still alive.”, Edwin heaved a sigh of relief and exited the tent.

As soon as he exited the tent, a figure pounced on him, catching him off guard.

-pshew-

Another figure came from the other direction and slashed the first figure in half. The second figure was none other than Allen.

”Get your weapons!”, Allen said to Edwin; the latter snapped out of his stupor and took out his twin daggers.

More figures charged towards them. If one would examine them, they looked like giant horned lizards.

A reptile vaulted towards Edwin. The boy retreated a step to avoid the large beast and launched a dagger flash.

-pshew-

The flash pierced the enemy's scales and created a deep wound, but the reptile didn't seem to feel the pain and opened up its large mouth in a bid to swallow Edwin.

However, rather than retreating, Edwin launched two Multi-Flash with both of his daggers and tore through the monster's mouth.

Bloody wounds appeared one after the other in its mouth, making it wail in pain, gurgling its own blood until it collapsed.

He wasn't given any time to rest when a few more reptiles started to swarm over him.

”There's too many!”, Edwin tried to loosen the beasts, but every step he took to get away seemed to get him even closer to them.

”Get on a high ground and cover your nose.”, Allen calmly replied after he killed two of those gigantic lizards.