Elsword: Yin Yang (Under Major Revision)

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"Will you slow down already?" Chung called from behind. "I'm still sore from the fight." 

"Fine, you big baby," I reply---rolling my eyes at his fifth complaint. 

"What part of 'taking a break' do you not understand?" He asked, as he finally caught up to me. 

I continued my way down the village's narrow street; this time at a much slower pace," all we've been doing is fighting and throwing our lives out there in the battle field, we haven't even gotten a chance to relax and explore the new village." I explain.

"We aren't here on a vacation." Chung grumbled to himself---I decide to ignore his remark. 

"I'm so glad Elsword was kind enough to let our group rest for the day," I added, while gazing into the display window of a small bakery, my stomach turned at the strange green cakes on the other side. 

"We returned at around midnight, I doubt he'd want to send his sleep deprived friends out to fight." Chung pointed out, his eyes wandered to the small shops lined on the other side. "I'm worried about Eve though." 

"I doubt she got any sleep last night." I sighed, remembering the muffled sound of clanging throughout the night. "Elsword better give her another day off tomorrow." 

"Don't worry, he won't be letting her out of this village any time soon." 

There was a pause as two elderly villagers strolled passed us, each one scoffing at our presence. 

I leaned closer to Chung," looks like the tension in this village still hasn't loosened." I whispered, hoping the passing Ponggos couldn't hear me. 

"How can you expect it to?" I cringed as he spoke out loud. "We didn't exactly protect this village from that last attack." 

I glanced back at us, the two elderly Ponggos could still be seen walking slowly down the street," not so loud." I hissed. "They might hear." 

"It doesn't matter," Chung replied nonchalantly. "I'm only speaking the truth." 

Please don't remind me, I thought. 

A group of young Ponggos pushed past us, laughing and screaming as they ran further down the street---each one too lost in their fantasy world to acknowledge our presence. 

"Can we go back now?" Chung groaned. "My legs are killing me right now." 

"Just stay with me a bit longer," I link arms with him. "I promise we'll go back after we do some decent window shopping." 

"I never thought I'd have to be forced to shopping again." Chung blurt out. 

"It's not shopping, it's window shopping," I pushed him further down the street with me. "There's a difference." 

I quickly scan the opened stores as Chung continued to complain, my eyes widened as we began to approach a small jewellery store. I eagerly pulled Chung along, not bothering to tell him where we're going. 

"We'll go back after this store." I promise, while opening the metal door---bells sang softly as we made our way in. 

"Welcome," a Ponggo greeted us from the other side of the counter, a stiff smile formed on her face; it's clear we're not welcomed here. "If you need anything feel free to ask me." 

Before I could reply the Ponggo turned her head away from us as she quietly inspected the store's dirty white walls---her fingers tapped rhythmically against the dustless counter. I muttered a soft 'thank you' before inspecting the sparkling jewellery on display.