Broken Tower Saga: The First Swordsman

Chapter 106: Plans (2)

Wrik sighed in relief after his 146th maha point was formed. All he needed was time to develop it into a permanent maha point. 

"Where's Byul?" a voice call from behind. Tanya had awakened by the time he was training. She had an easy smile on her face as Wrik looked at her.

"I did not see her when I woke up either," Wrik answered as he stood up. "She should be somewhere near."

Wrik frowned when he said that, but Tanya was too lazy to notice that. 'How can I tell she was nearby?' he thought but found no answer. 

As Wrik had said it, the short-haired girl came into the room after a dozen more seconds, and Lora was beside her as well.

"Sister Tanya, you are awake," Lora almost jumped at Tanya. "Let's go for a bath. There's a hot spring here, you will love it."

Tanya's eyes brighten. She had not got to take a bath in the two days she arrived at the test zone, hearing there was a hot spring where her mood turned for the better. Like another girl, she liked cleanliness as well, but she looked at Wrik to see him nod. 

Even before Tanya could leave the bed, Lora pulled her off from it before giving her quota of glare to Wrik. After yesterday, Wrik found out Lora did not seem to like any man, nor the slaves or him. 

"Let's go, Sister Tanya," the three girls started to leave,before Lora said again. "Men are not allowed in the hot spring."

Tanya and Byul giggled at that as they left. 

Wrik grumbled as he left the stone room as well. He wished he could take a bath as well, but thinking about the little girls' last world, he chose not to try his luck.

He walked in the narrow path before standing in the chamber he had met Dairyl. He did not know any other path here, and disturbing a lady was not the right decision too. After deliberating for a while, he chose to knock on the stone wall.

"Come in," a voice came from the room ahead, but it did not belong to Daryl, but it was Lily.

Getting permission, Wrik went into the room to find Lily and Dairyl sitting on the stone table. While the girls had similar physical appearance other than their height, their behaviour and posture were almost polar opposite. 

Dairyl was a more famine. She spoke always in collective fashion while Lily was wild. She seemed to not care about her appearance.

"Did you have a good sleep, pretty brother?" Lily asked, smacking her lips at him.

"Yes," he answered warily. "Could you stop calling me that?"

"Why, pretty Brother?" Lily added this time intentionally.

Wrik's lips twitched. Pretty was not a pleasant word to describe men, Handsome was fine, even elegant did not sound bad, but Pretty only belongs to Women. 

"I think he is being shy, Lily," Dairyl said. She had a cup of herbal tea on her palm as its aroma drifted into his nose. She opened her lips again. "You know how outsiders think about these things."

"But he is pretty and," Lily said as she sized up Wrik again from head to toe. "A little small, compared to our people."

"We have people shorter than him as well," Dairyl added. 

"What are you two talking about?" Wrik asked, raising an eyebrow. He had already guessed these girls were from the same house or clans, noticing their features, but listening from their own mouth would clear out many of his doubts. 

But Lily did not fulfil his wish. 

"Nothing," she said. "I'm actually surprised how you get on the good side of our sister, Dairyl. You may not know, she was quite picky about men; no, not just mam, she was very picky about anyone."

Wrik only shrugged, as he could not answer the question.

Lily did not mind his silence as she expected him to not answer. "So, how is your health now?" 

"I'm pretty good," he said and accepted the tea cup Dairyl poured for him. "I can fight now, though still not in full strength." 

"That's good to hear." Lily nodded. "And the girl?"

"Tanya needs more time, while Byul," Wrik paused for a second. Byul had suffered quite a few injuries and trauma in just the scope of the last couple of months, and did not get to train properly like them for a certain amount of time, too. That added a little handicap to her skills, though she was more than just useful. "Byul will be fine."

Lily nodded as she exchanged a glance with Dairyl. The gentle girl nodded as Lily continued. "Don't worry, we have time. You guys injuring the gorilla was an addition, but he was not the only one we need to be worried about." 

Wrik nodded as he asked. "What do you purpose?" He needed to know the plans before acting on them and he could help them there too.

"Before anything else, we need to secure a flag if we like to continue in the game," Lily continued. "I have a way to secure one but I alone could not do that." 

"Tell me more," Wrik's interest piqued as he sipped in the tea.

"I already found a fortress with almost the weakest defence in the test, but even if it is the weakest, the flag had many benefits. So I need a few more to secure it."

"How many do you have?"

"Except me." Lily paused for a moment. "Lora could fight, but she's still young, while Dairyl doesn't fight. And there's 7 slaves for now."

Wrik eyed the gentle lady again, hearing that she could not fight. Dairy did not mind his gaze, nor was she embarrassed by the fact that she could not fight. 

"Slaves are almost useless apart from some errands," Wrik opened his mouth. So Lily had none but his group, which sound great in his favour.

Lily frowned, but she could not deny it. "I have a few more sisters, but we were divided during the teleportation. They would have been a great help." 

"What a coincidence, I have a few friends as well, and they are pretty powerful." Wrik said. "So what we need are a flag and our companions all in one place." 

Wrik said their main objective of the plan in one phrase. Then they could start planning for the other leaders in the test.

"But there's a problem." Lily added. 

Wrik raised his brows at her, asking for more. 

"The testing region is based on about three hundred miles, if not more," Lily said as draw a big oval on the stone table with her knife. She drew a mountain range on the end of Wrik, and pointed to a spot there before saying, "We are here."

Wrik nodded as he asked, looking at the picture. "Where is the fortress you are talking about just now?"

Lily pointed above on the mountain with her knife before leaving a mark there. "Here."

"And the problem you are talking about?"

Lily said nothing immediately, drew a big circle a few fingers below the mountains, then another in the other direction, though it was not even half the size of the previous. She finished with another circle on her end. "Here's the Scythe," she said, pointing to the larger circle. Then she pointed to the other one. "And here is the area of the Gorilla. And the last was another big player. I don't know very much about him."

"Scythe again," Wrik muttered. Lily already mentioned a few things about the reputation of the Scythe. Wrik understood the image this Scythe had built is bulletproof for now. There's no way for him to compete with him now. 'If only Anton was with me,' He sighed inwardly. Anton was best at collecting information, and with his ability, Wrik would have to face less restriction on his path.

Lily noticed his look. "Are you still hell-bent on contesting for the top spot?" she asked. 

Wrik said nothing, but his silence was enough of an answer. 

"I'll talk to you two later. I need to do some exercise,'' Wrik said as he got up.

''Wait," Dairy said it this time.

''Yes?" 

"Are you a Designer?" Dairyl asked straightforwardly. 

"I am trying to be," he answered, frowning at the gentle-looking girl.

"Pretty brother you are full of surprises," Lily voiced out.

But Wrik's attention was at Dairyl. How can she tell if I am a designer or not? He did not have to wait for long for the answer.

"I knew it," Dairyl said in a low voice. She raised her voice to continue. "You don't need to be surprised. A Designer could recognise another if they look at them carefully enough."

"Wait, that means you are an Omega Designer?" Wrik could not believe it.

"Well, you can say that." 

Wrik's mind tipped off. He was about to ask her for help in some direction that was still confusing to him, but he stopped. Anything about an Omega designer is top-secret. How can he expect to ask someone something so valuable? Moreover, he barely knew her for a day. Even though he had a good impression of her and she had for him, it could turn bad with just that. 

But the next words Dairyl said flabbergasted him even more.

"If you have any problem, you can ask me, though I don't know if I can solve them all." 

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End of Chapter: Plans. 

Next Chapter: Jake the Archer.