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[February 2, 2010]
... Drew the guy that got abandoned by his team in the savannah, good-hearted but too trusting of people. felt there had to be something magical about Feng Wu. With her by his side, the menacing savannah they"re inside the G.o.d"s tomb, which has multiple worlds inside. The one Feng Wu and Drew are in is the savannah. became a lovely, peaceful place.
Why is this? Well let"s start from the beginning shall we?
Within the first hour of their trip together, they managed to run into Flame hawks, middle tier magical beasts with fire magic. They were fast breeders who lived in the sky and tended to fight in groups. And as a group, they were an ornery bunch - stingy and vengeful. If you offended one, then the whole group would go after you. What they lacked in strength, they made up in numbers.
Drew"s legs turned to jelly as soon as they entered Flame hawk territory. If dealing with dozens of wolves was a life-threatening situation, then wouldn"t hundreds of Flame hawks mean they"d be torn to pieces?! Even with trembling legs, Drew still managed to pull himself up in front of Feng Wu. This girl was his savior. He would have already died if it weren"t for her. The least he could do now was to fight and stall so she"d have time to escape.
Drew gritted his teeth and tightened his sword grip. The hawks already had them surrounded. They looked at him and Feng Wu with eyes that gleamed with hunger. Drew readied himself to make the final sacrifice.
Feng Wu reached forward and pulled him back. She sensed his fear so she tried to comfort him. "Don"t be afraid. The little birdies are friends. They won"t hurt you." She didn"t understand why he was so afraid of the cute birds.
"Little… little birdies?" Drew stuttered. He was aware he wasn"t smart. In fact, his dad often lectured him on how he shouldn"t trust people too easily, that he could end up dead if he did. What happened with Lee"s group only served to prove his old man"s words.
The attack hadn"t begun, and yet Feng Wu was telling him to withdraw. Her words didn"t make sense. What little birdies were she talking about? Why were his savior"s words so difficult to understand? Was it him?
Feng Wu continued to awkwardly comfort Drew, whose limbs were still shaking and not being cooperative. She didn"t want him to misunderstand and think her cute friends were bad beasts. "Don"t be afraid. They"re my friends. They won"t hurt you."
But was it truly a misunderstanding though? Or was it just Feng Wu? Unfortunately Feng Wu didn"t understand the normal reaction between humans and beasts. She followed the Flame hawks back to their lair.
Drew stared blankly at Feng Wu as he trailed behind her. At the lair, they ate magical fruit and drank magical infused spring water. They also received rare magical fruits and plants shared in the name of friendship.
What could Drew say regarding this kind of treatment? Nothing. He had no words. None. Unfortunately for him, it was just the beginning.
The next day Drew witnessed Feng Wu"s illogical ability to make friends. No matter how fierce the beasts, she always had them eating out of the palm of her hand. Rare fruits and plants were gifted as though they mere common cabbages.
In fact magical beasts used their bodies to fight, so magical material was of no use to them. But they knew humans loved these magical things so they eagerly gifted them to Feng Wu.
Feng Wu knew what they were, having read about in the library, so she happily accepted the gifts from her new friends. In exchange she shared her own favorite foods with them. Since she loved to eat, her dimensional ring was crammed full of food of various types, but even her supply ran out when faced with so many mouths.
Feng Wu and Drew eventually found their way to the second level after following the directions from the various beasts they encountered.
There was a crowd of about fifty adventurers gathered. The exit point was actually underwater in a pond guarded by a powerful water beast. It was not a beast just a few people could defeat, so people were waiting around to increase their numbers in order to better their odds of success.
Originally there were many more people who entered, however most fell victim to the dangerous savannah and died on the way.
"Xiao Wu!"
A familiar voice called out to Feng Wu almost immediately. A s.e.xy girl ran over to her. The girl was no stranger - it was Elena senior in the school who likes her junior sisters a lot.. Behind her, cutting a rather sorry figure, was Yifu. She didn"t look pleased to see Feng Wu. It was obvious she didn"t want to go over.
"Senior Sister Elena." Feng Wu replied in a cute voice. She liked Elena, even if the older girl tended to grope her a lot. Jier had told her to be careful countless times of Elena taking advantage of her. But how was Elena taking advantage of Feng Wu? Feng Wu couldn"t see it.
"Xiao Wu, finally! Someone I know. I fell in the pool with Yifu after walking through the door and nearly got eaten by a monster. I"m so pitiful!" Elena rushed toward Feng Wu, hugging the other girl tightly as she cried about how unhappy she was.