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Foggy town Part 1


At the southeast of Eslar Continent, there was a place called Foggy town. It was located near Hengduan Mountains, the largest mountain range on the continent, and it was often shrouded in fog hence the name. Even though it was called a town, there were only 100 family and the population was less than 500.


Foggy town’s inhabitants adapted a simple lifestyle. They depended mainly on hunting. They used the cores and furs of magical beasts to trade for the necessary supplies. This tradition had continued for hundreds of years.


The morning sun rose in the sky and the warm rays pierced through the fog to fall onto Ryan’s body giving him a sense of coziness. In Foggy town, July had the best weather of the year, but there was hardly anyone in the town to enjoy it. Hunters made plans to enter into the depth of Hengduan mountains to hunt for a few big magical beasts in preparation for the upcoming Victory day celebration in Tacre town.


Tacre was the closest settlement to Foggy town but they weren’t comparable. Tacre was a prosperous town with bustling streets and a population of 10,000.


Victory day was an annual celebration of the triumph of the coalition army of humans, dwarfs and elfs on the legions of the undead  at the sunrise city, east of the continent, 200 years ago.


During the festival in Tacre town, Merchants from all over the empire would bring merchandises from different places. Some of these merchants came from the imperial capital in the north, Fernando city. And some came from the largest commercial city in the south, Yuhanns city. Some merchants even came from overseas through sea breeze city. It was the hard work of these merchants that made Tacre the prosperous town it was today.

Victory day was the happiest day of the year for the residents of Foggy town as they would be rewarded for their hard work during the year. They would sell a lot of cores, furs and even cubs of the magical beasts. And from their earnings, they would buy rare commodities that would be difficult to obtain any other time of the year. Even the young ones would buy gifts for their beloveds.


But Ryan wasn’t interested in all of this. He took a breath of fresh air and hurried to a hut outside the town.


“Ryan”


As he left the town, he saw his old partner Noam waving at him from a distance.


Ryan felt something was off.


‘It has only been 2 days since he went hunting. How can he return so quickly?’


Ryan stopped and observed Noam for a bit. He was still wearing the same set of gray clothes made of winter wolf pelt that he wore 2 days ago before he went hunting. But his clothes had been torn and there were traces of blood on his chest and leg. On his shoulders, he carried a fat wild boar and in hands there were 2 edelweiss rabbits that were still alive.


Noam slowly approached Ryan and said :


“This time, the harvest is good. Ryan, look, I have managed to kill that piggy by myself.”


Ryan felt happy to see his friend was safe and sound. After all, that “piggy” was a wild boar with thick skin and it would have been difficult for the 16 years old Noam to kill it alone.

“You seem injured.”


Ryan saw the blood on Noam and asked with concern : “Do you need help?”

“Haha, No, thanks”


Noam stood up and said : “ A man should have a good time hunting and drinking…..”


“....but his heart should be with his beloved.” Ryan interrupted and finished the sentence for him.


“HeiHei” Noam laughed bashfully.


Ryan smiled and said :


“I became tired of hearing it. Did you capture  edelweiss rabbits alive especially for her?” 


When he heard that, Noam replied bashfully : “It wasn’t that big of a deal, just a pitfall trap.”


Ryan laughed and said : “Well, I won’t delay you. Go find Maeve.”


“OK”


Noam said as he hurried to enter the town :


“Right, Ryan, come at night to have few drinks and barbecue this piggy.”


“Got it.” Ryan replied.  “Will Maeve prepare it?”

“Be sure to come, today is my rite of passage ceremony.”


‘Right, the rite of passage. Time sure flies fast. It’s nearly 16 years.’


Ryan felt a bit jealous.


‘After the ceremony, Noam and Maeve would be together. But what about me? Should I go hunt a few beasts and find someone to share them with?’

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