Bridge (3)

After that, many elementalists talked with Edward and accepted working for the town. They didn't have the human resources to take over the country, and they couldn't leave, so their only option was to follow his lead or become slaves. Not to mention, many of the elementalists were missing some real beds. While their lives weren't exactly comfortable in that arid region, it wasn't as bad as sleeping on the ground without a ceiling above their heads.

One week after all that day started, the remaining elementalists decided to bow their heads and accept Edward's terms. Speaking of terms, there was the matter of the reward, but Billy didn't give him the chance to give him anything because he had a bad feeling about it. He told him that he didn't do much, so rewards were unnecessary. For some reason, Edward didn't press the matter either…