Guo began narrating the grand tale of the broken spear, and Spark listened keenly with interest.
As it turned out, the general's story even sounded more bogus than the previous one.
The story was about a general who had just finished a battle. Being the last to survive, the general marched home with the remnant of his treasured spear—which had already been broken—to announce his victory.
But unfortunately, his fatal injuries caught up with him, causing him to lose consciousness. When he finally came to, he found himself in a remote village.
Confused about how he got there, he inquired, and was told that his body was found when hunters went out to search for game.
Grateful but weak, he could only bide his time waiting to recover. Unfortunately, fate didn't grant him this moment of respite.
The village was quickly faced with a beast tide—one unlike any they'd seen before. It was a given that they would surely perish.
