Searching for Opponents

Alex walked through the river bank, searching for a person to challenge, or for a person to fight him.

Shan Wangjiu followed him, but he stayed far enough behind that he wasn't intruding on Alex even with just his sense. He too seemed to be looking for people to fight.

"Do you want more fights, Pearl?" Alex asked as they walked along. "If you want to fight someone, let me know. I'll challenge them."

They strayed away from the river some 15 minutes later, making their way into a sparse forest with broken trees covering the ground, with craters on the ground large enough to fit a whale inside of it.

Alex stepped over fallen trees and branches, making his way deeper.

"6 months has passed," Alex said softly. "I wonder how many have left."